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bəl
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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;
< L
tractābilis,
equiv. to
tractā
(
re
) to handle, deal with (freq. of
trahere
to draw) +
-bilis
-ble
Related forms:
trac⋅ta⋅bil⋅i⋅ty,
trac⋅ta⋅ble⋅ness,
noun
trac⋅ta⋅bly,
adverb
Synonyms:
1.
manageable, willing, governable.
Antonyms:
1.
stubborn.
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trac·ta·ble
(trāk'tə-bəl)
adj.
Easily managed or controlled; governable.
Easily handled or worked; malleable.
[Latin
tractābilis
, from
tractāre
,
to manage
, frequentative of
trahere
,
to draw
.]
trac'ta·bil'i·ty
,
trac'ta·ble·ness
n.
,
trac'ta·bly
adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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