tractable

[ trak-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈtræk tə bəl /
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adjective

easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.

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Origin of tractable

1495–1505; < Latin tractābilis, equivalent to tractā(re) to handle, deal with (frequentative of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble

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Words nearby tractable

trackway, track‐train dynamics, tract, tract house, tract society, tractable, tractarian, tractarianism, tractate, tractile, traction
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Words related to tractable

amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, ductile, facile, flexible, game, governable, malleable, meek, obedient, persuadable, plastic, pliable, pliant, subdued, submissive, tame, willing

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British Dictionary definitions for tractable

tractable
/ (ˈtræktəbəl) /

adjective

easily controlled or persuaded
readily worked; malleable

Derived forms of tractable

tractability or tractableness, nountractably, adverb

Word Origin for tractable

C16: from Latin tractābilis, from tractāre to manage, from trahere to draw
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