tractable
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[trak-tuh-buh
l] 
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; < L tractābilis, equiv. to tractā(re) to handle, deal with (freq. of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble
1495–1505; < L tractābilis, equiv. to tractā(re) to handle, deal with (freq. of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble
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| trac·ta·ble
(trāk'tə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[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. |
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| tractableness | |
noun | |
| the trait of being easily persuaded [syn: tractability] [ant: intractability] |
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