drivable
adjective
driv·able
ˈdrī-və-bəl 
variants
or less commonly driveable
1
a
: capable of being driven
The car was damaged but still drivable.
Back in the yard, he led me on a brief tour of the accumulated cars. All of them, according to him, were much closer to being drivable than they appeared.—
Ian Frazier
Ian Frazier
b
: capable of being driven on or over
a drivable road
… a faint skein of … trails and washed-out dirt roads from the colonial era, only parts of it drivable and then only in the dry season.—Neil Sheehan
Neil Sheehan
c
: reachable by driving
a drivable destination
Below, find some of the most enticing, drivable options away from the Twin Cities, from genre-specific fests to vastly diverse celebrations.—Michael Madden
Michael Madden2
golf
: able to be reached by a drive from the tee
a drivable green
a drivable par four
drivability
noun
or less commonly driveability
… preserving the standard engine's fuel economy and drivability.
—Jean Lindamood
Jean Lindamood
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Those cars remained drivable, but in some cases, features that relied on the 3G network—including SOS emergency assistance and automatic crash notifications—just stopped working.
—Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Still, Road & Track said at the time that the 512 BB was a better car, and more drivable, a verdict that has held up in the decades since by anyone who has ever sat in the driver’s seat of a Countach.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Police said Milne’s vehicle had bottomed out on the terrain and was not drivable.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The officer is already in the only drivable lane, when Wilks aggressively enters the lane without a blinker.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Still, Road & Track said at the time that the 512 BB was a better car, and more drivable, a verdict that has held up in the decades since by anyone who has ever sat in the driver’s seat of a Countach.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Police said Milne’s vehicle had bottomed out on the terrain and was not drivable.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The officer is already in the only drivable lane, when Wilks aggressively enters the lane without a blinker.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Drivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drivable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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