trac·ta·ble

[trak-tuh-buhl]
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

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


1. manageable, willing, governable.


1. stubborn.
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tractable (ˈtræktəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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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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