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trac·ta·ble

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l) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Easily managed or controlled; governable.
Easily handled or worked; malleable.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin tractbilis, from tractre, to manage, frequentative of trahere, to draw

OTHER FORMS:
tracta·bili·ty or tracta·ble·ness(Noun), tracta·bly(Adverb)

Thesaurus: synonyms for tractable

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