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tractable


adjective

  1. easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
  2. easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.

adjective

  1. easily controlled or persuaded
  2. readily worked; malleable
adj.

“manageable,” early 15c., from Latin tractabilis “that may be touched, handled, or managed,” from tractare “to handle, manage” (see treat). Related: Tractability.

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