Tractable
['træktəb(ə)l] or ['træktəbl]
Definition
(adj.) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); 'tractable young minds'; 'the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition'- Samuel Butler .
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Definition
(v. t.) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
(v. t.) Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Docile, manageable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Docile, manageable, amenable
ANT:Unmanageable, unamenable, refractory, intractable
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Examples
- Would I speak now, and be tractable? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I never heard any harm of her; and I dare say she is one of the most tractable creatures in the world. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Well, I took him in hand, and in one fortnight I had him tamed down as submissive and tractable as heart could desire. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You will find him at Dunkeld; gentle and tractable he wanders up the hills, and through the wood, or sits listening beside the waterfall. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In all other respects, my dear mother, I'll be as tractable and obedient as you can wish; on this one alone, I stand out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You know he is always good-humoured and tractable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He was tractable enough, though his son was a perfect demon, ready to blow out his own or anybody else's brains if he could have got to his revolver. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Never would I be tractable in this matter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But when, as we have seen, voltaic electricity entered the field, electricity became a more powerful and tractable servant, and distant intelligent signals became one of its first labors. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then, in a cold, but gentle voice, as if to remind her sister to be tractable: 'But isn't it a FEARFULLY sudden decision, Ursula? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Countess had failed in this design with regard to her children; perhaps she hoped to find the next remove in birth more tractable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If the gray mare is handsome and tractable, why not? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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