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Tractable

Tractable Meaning & Definition
Tractable Definition And Meaning

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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