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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
EXPANDnon·trac·ta·b·ly, adverb
un·trac·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
un·trac·ta·ble, adjective
un·trac·ta·ble·ness, noun
un·trac·ta·b·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. manageable, willing, governable.
1. manageable, willing, governable.
Antonyms
1. stubborn.
1. stubborn.
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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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