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tractable

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1. tractable - Adjective

2. tractable - Verb

3. tractable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Newton was a genius, but not because of the superior computational power of his brain. Newton's genius was, on the contrary, his ability to simplify, idealize, and streamline the world so that it became, in some measure, tractable to the brains of perfectly ordinary men. Gerald Weinberg

Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can. Elizabeth I of England

a tractable student Source: Internet

an amenable child Source: Internet

tractable young minds Source: Internet

the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition Source: Internet

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