Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tractable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak.
2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible;
as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder.
--{Tract"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tract"a/bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 [ant: {intractable}]
2: susceptible to suggestion; "a personality responsive to your
desires" [syn: {responsive}]
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