Definition of tractable

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Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner..

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Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..
Ductile :: Ductile (a.) Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people..
Regible :: Regible (a.) Governable; tractable.
Tractability :: Tractability (n.) The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Indocible :: Indocible (a.) Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile..
Azoth :: Azoth (n.) The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them..
Obdurate :: Obdurate (a.) Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.
Retractable :: Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Ductility :: Ductility (n.) Tractableness; pliableness.
Extractable :: Extractable (a.) Alt. of Extractibl.
Treatable :: Treatable (a.) Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent..
Impracticable :: Impracticable (a.) Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with..
Perverse :: Perverse (a.) Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Obstinate; intractable.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle..
Docile :: Docile (a.) Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child..
Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
Intractable :: Intractable (a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child..
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) A fierce, intractable creature..
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