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tractable

  (trăk'tə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Easily managed or controlled; governable.
  2. Easily handled or worked; malleable.

[Latin tractābilis, from tractāre, to manage, frequentative of trahere, to draw.]

tractability trac'ta·bil'i·ty or trac'ta·ble·ness n.
tractably trac'ta·bly adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: tractable

adjective

    Willing to carry out the wishes of others: amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, submissive, supple. See resist/yield.

 
Antonyms: tractable

adj

Definition: manageable
Antonyms: intractable, obstinate, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly


 

Easy to manage; tolerable.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)..

pronunciation Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as — Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

 
Translations: Translations for: Tractable

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - medgørlig, føjelig, spag

Nederlands (Dutch)
handelbaar

Français (French)
adj. - docile, malléable, soluble

Deutsch (German)
adj. - folgsam, fügsam, leicht formbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευκολομεταχείριστος, μαλακός, υπάκουος

Italiano (Italian)
trattabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tratável, afável, maleável

Русский (Russian)
податливый, легко поддающийся обработке

Español (Spanish)
adj. - dócil, manejable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - medgörlig, foglig, spak, lätthanterlig

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
易驾驭的, 易管教的, 驯良的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易駕馭的, 易管教的, 馴良的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 순종적인, 다루기 쉬운, 세공하기 쉬운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 御しやすい, 細工しやすい, 扱いやすい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قابل للطرق أو ألمطل, طريق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צייתן, ממושמע, מקבל מרות, נוח, חשיל, גמיש, נוח לעיצוב‬


 
 

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