About The Word Tractable
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Tractable
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What's The Definition Of Tractable?
[adj] susceptible to suggestion; "a personality responsive to your desires"
[adj] easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler Synonyms | Synonyms for Tractable: amenable | docile | ductile | malleable | manageable | responsive | tamable | tameable | teachable Related Terms | Find terms related to Tractable: See Also | compliant | obedient | tame | tamed Tractable In Webster's Dictionary \Tract"a*ble\, a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to
draw violently, to handle, treat. See {Treat}, v. t.]
1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile;
manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a
tractable learner.
I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak.
2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible;
as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder.
--{Tract"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tract"a/bly}, adv.
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