tractable

Definition

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.

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”).

Example Sentences

• ""Tess is queer." "But she's tractable at bottom. Leave her to me.""
• "But once in London Jane Porter was no more tractable than she had been in Baltimore. She found one excuse after another, […]"
• "I have always found horses, an animal I am attached to, very tractable when treated with humanity and steadiness."