tractable
easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.
Origin of tractable
1Other words for tractable
Opposites for tractable
Other words from tractable
- trac·ta·bil·i·ty, trac·ta·ble·ness, noun
- trac·ta·bly, adverb
- non·trac·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·trac·ta·ble, adjective
- non·trac·ta·ble·ness, noun
- non·trac·ta·bly, adverb
- un·trac·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
- un·trac·ta·ble, adjective
- un·trac·ta·ble·ness, noun
- un·trac·ta·bly, adverb
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How to use tractable in a sentence
The game has a dizzying number of possible combinations, but it was relatively tractable because it was structured by a set of clear rules.
Google develops an AI that can learn both chess and Pac-Man | John Timmer | December 24, 2020 | Ars TechnicaTheir suspicions would be lulled by my tractability and their contempt.
The Firefly Of France | Marion Polk AngellottiHe appeared to have reached that degree of culture that disarms viciousness and softens stubbornness into tractability.
The tractability of the Asiatic Rhinoceros has been confirmed by observers in the native country of the animal.
Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. | John TimbsAdvantage was taken of an improvement in his tractability to make him perform some movements of his neck.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry Meigne
Another is her tractability, though I hate to hitch so big a word on to so small a lady.
The Prairie Child | Arthur Stringer
British Dictionary definitions for tractable
/ (ˈtræktəbəl) /
easily controlled or persuaded
readily worked; malleable
Origin of tractable
1Derived forms of tractable
- tractability or tractableness, noun
- tractably, adverb
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