Meaning & use

Directable

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Able to be guided, steered, or given artistic direction.

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The new spotlight rig is fully directable from a single control panel.

Critics praised the young actor as remarkably directable, adapting instantly to notes.

A note on using this word

Formed by adding the suffix -able to "direct"; it appears most often in film production and engineering contexts rather than everyday speech.

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