tractable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
    manipulable.
    • tractable young minds
    • the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
  2. adjective satellite readily reacting to suggestions and influences
    amenable.
    • a responsive student

WordNet

Tract"a*ble adjective
Etymology
L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913