Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Serviceable

Serviceable , adjective

1.
Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
Serviceable to religion and learning — Atterbury
Serviceable tools. — Macaulay
I know thee well, a serviceable villain. — Shakespeare
2.
Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable. — Chaucer
Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable. — Milton
Seeing her so sweet and serviceable. — Tennnyson