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versatile
/ˈvɝ.sə.təl/
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What does versatile mean?
adjective
- Capable of doing many things competently.
- Having varied uses or many functions.
- Changeable or inconstant.
More meanings (4)
adjective
- Capable of moving freely in all directions.
- Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
- Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
- Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɝ.sə.təl/
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But even the most versatile may suddenly find themselves stripped of ideas, ignominiously reduced to the obvious topic.
Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment.
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Skilled labour will consist in the guiding of implements contrived with versatile cunning for the relief of human nerve and muscle.
A scintillating personality, brilliant versatile game, and fighting temperament placed this young unknown in the first rank in one year of competition.
Here James Glen’s versatile powers were again at work in cheering up those who seemed to be alarmed, and in securing everything as far as possible.