tractable
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trac·ta·ble
(trăk′tə-bəl)adj.
1. Easily managed or controlled; governable.
2. Easily handled or worked; malleable.
[Latin tractābilis, from tractāre, to manage, frequentative of trahere, to draw.]
trac′ta·bil′i·ty, trac′ta·ble·ness n.
trac′ta·bly adv.
tractable
(ˈtræktəbəl)adj
1. easily controlled or persuaded
2. readily worked; malleable
[C16: from Latin tractābilis, from tractāre to manage, from trahere to draw]
ˌtractaˈbility, ˈtractableness n
ˈtractably adv
trac•ta•ble
(ˈtræk tə bəl)adj.
1. easily managed or controlled; docile.
2. easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.
[1495–1505; < Latin tractābilis, derivative of tractā(re) to handle, deal with (frequentative of trahere to draw)]
trac`ta•bil′i•ty, trac′ta•ble•ness, n.
trac′ta•bly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler compliant - disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will" manageable - capable of being managed or controlled obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" |
2. | ![]() susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" |
tractable
adjective (Formal) manageable, obedient, compliant, willing, yielding, tame, amenable, submissive, docile, controllable, biddable, persuadable, governable He could easily manage his tractable younger brother.
manageable defiant, stubborn, unruly, wilful, obstinate, headstrong, stiff-necked, refractory
manageable defiant, stubborn, unruly, wilful, obstinate, headstrong, stiff-necked, refractory
tractable
adjectiveWilling to carry out the wishes of others:
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