tractable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); ; - Samuel Butler
  2. adjective readily reacting to suggestions and influences

Etymology

From Middle English tractable, tractabel, from Latin tractābilis (“that may be touched, handled, or managed”), from tractō (“take in hand, handle, manage”), frequentative of trahō (“draw”).

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Synonyms

manipulable

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