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TRACTABLE
amenable, tractable
(adjective) responsive to suggestions and influences; “a tractable student”; “an amenable child”
tractable, manipulable
(adjective) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); “tractable young minds”; “the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition”- Samuel Butler
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tractable (comparative more tractable, superlative most tractable)
(of people) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
Synonyms: docile, manageable, governable
(of a problem) Easy to deal with or manage
Capable of being shaped; malleable.
(obsolete) Capable of being handled or touched.
Synonyms: palpable, practicable, feasible, serviceable
(mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
(computer science) Of a decision problem, algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.
Antonyms
• intractable
Source: Wiktionary
Tract"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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