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Definition of: tractable
(trak′tə·bəl) adjective
1. Easily led or controlled; manageable; docile.
2. Readily worked or handled; malleable. See synonyms under DOCILE. [<L tractabilis <tractare handle, freq. of trahere draw]
—tract′a·bly adverb
—tract′a·ble·ness, tract′a·bil′i·ty noun
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