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English

Adjective

tractable

Capable of being handled or touched; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
:"I have always found horses, an animal I am attached to, very tractable when treated with humanity and steadiness." - Mary Wollstonecraft, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tractable \Tract"a*ble\, a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to
draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.]
1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile;
manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a
tractable learner.
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I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak.
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2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible;
as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder.
[1913 Webster] --Tract"a*ble*ness, n. -- Tract"a/bly,
adv.
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WordNet tractable
adj 1: easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable
young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the
natives...being...of an intelligent tractable
disposition"- Samuel Butler [syn: manipulable] [ant:
intractable]
2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a
responsive student" [syn: responsive, amenable]

Moby Dictionary
acquiescent , adaptable , adaptive , adjustable , agreeable ,
alacritous , amenable , ardent , bendable , bending , biddable ,
complaisant , compliant , conformable , consenting , content ,
convenient , cooperative , disposed , docile , ductile , eager ,
easygoing , elastic , enthusiastic , extensible , extensile ,
fabricable , facile , fain , favorable , favorably disposed ,
favorably inclined , feasible , fictile , flexible , flexile , flexuous ,
foolproof , formable , formative , forward , game , giving , governable ,
handleable , handy , impressible , impressionable , in the mind ,
in the mood , inclined , like putty , limber , lissome , lithe ,
lithesome , malleable , manageable , maneuverable , minded , moldable ,
obedient , other-directed , persuadable , persuasible , plastic ,
pliable , pliant , practical , predisposed , prompt , prone , quick ,
ready , ready and willing , receptive , responsive , sensitive ,
sequacious , shapable , springy , subdued , submissive , supple ,
susceptible , tame , tractile , untroublesome , well-disposed ,
well-inclined , whippy , wieldable , wieldy , willed , willing ,
willinghearted , willowy , workable , yielding , zealous