abler
USAY-blur/ˈeɪ.blɚ/UKAY-bluh/ˈeɪ.blə/
- 1Comparative of able.
The new manager seemed abler than her predecessor at handling sudden crises.
Few negotiators were abler at defusing tension than the veteran envoy.
Note
Adjectives of two syllables ending in -le may take the one-word comparative, as simpler and nobler do. Here the final e of able simply folds into -er. It sits most naturally with the 'skilled, competent' meaning, as in an abler negotiator or an abler leader. In everyday use, more able is now the commoner choice and often reads more easily, so abler suits careful or deliberate prose.
abler is a form of able
able, adjective: Having the power, skill, means, or freedom to do something; used mainly in be able to. Full entry
- Spelling
- able → abler: add -r
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