conformable

 
Pronunciation: /kənˈfɔːməb(ə)l/

adjective

(usually conformable to)
  • (of a person) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable: personalities conformable to the ambient level of cultural evolution
  • similar in form or nature; consistent: the human adoption of practices which are conformable to biological constraints
  • Geology (of strata in contact) deposited in a continuous sequence, and having the same direction of stratification.

Derivatives

conformability

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
noun

conformably

adverb

Origin:

late 15th century (in the sense 'compliant (to) or tractable'): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare 'to form, fashion' (see conform)