English
Adjective
tractable
- obsolete 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.
Related terms
tractability
tractableness
tractably
References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
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