tractable
[ trak-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈtræk tə bəl /
adjective
easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.
RELATED WORDS
amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, ductile, facile, flexible, game, governable, malleable, meek, obedient, persuadable, plastic, pliable, pliant, subdued, submissive, tame, willing
Nearby words
trackway, track‐train dynamics, tract, tract house, tract society, tractable, tractarian, tractarianism, tractate, tractile, tractility
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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tractable
/ (ˈtræktəbəl) /
adjective
easily controlled or persuaded
readily worked; malleable
Derived Forms
tractability or tractableness, nountractably, adverbWord Origin for tractable
C16: from Latin tractābilis, from tractāre to manage, from trahere to draw
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