— tractability, tractableness , n. — tractably , adv.
/trak"teuh beuhl/ , adj.
1. easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
2. easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.
[ 1495-1505; tractabilis, equiv. to tracta ( re ) to handle, deal with (freq. of trahere to draw) + -bilis -BLE ]
Syn. 1. manageable, willing, governable.
Ant. 1. stubborn.