tractable
Use Tractable in a sentence
tə adjective
1.
easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
2.
easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.
Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin tractābilis, equivalent to tractā(re) to handle, deal with (frequentative of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble
1495–1505; < Latin tractābilis, equivalent to tractā(re) to handle, deal with (frequentative of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble
Related forms
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
Synonyms
1. manageable, willing, governable.
1. manageable, willing, governable.
Antonyms
1. stubborn.
1. stubborn.
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tractable (ˈtræktəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | easily controlled or persuaded |
| 2. | readily worked; malleable |
| [C16: from Latin tractābilis, from tractāre to manage, from trahere to draw] | |
| tracta'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'tractableness | |
| —n | |
| 'tractably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
tractable
"manageable," c.1500, from L. tractabilis "that may be touched, handled, or managed," from tractare "to handle, manage" (see treat).
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Example sentences
The narrowing of focus allowed concentration on problems that were more tractable and applicable.
What is really remarkable about these animals is how gentle they are, how tractable.
The engineering challenge is far more tractable than big companies' collective will to undertake it.
Your semantic flight of fantasy aside, there are serious attempts to make semantic grammar computer tractable.
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