Adjective : a tractable child; a tractable disposition. From Dictionary.com.
Helstone's little light hand, however, she yielded tractably, and seemed soothed by its contact. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
Down the dimly lighted passage she walked rapidly, while the jester tractably and silently followed. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Why not put forward some possible solutions, or frame the problems more positively, more tractably, as you're obviously muy skilled congrats on the decade since M59 BTW!. From Wordnik.com. [Second Life] Reference
To which Socrates: Yes, I perceive that this is so, but it seems to me that the state was never more tractably disposed, never so ripe for a really good leader, as today. From Wordnik.com. [Memorabilia] Reference
I'm sure you'll like him -- this way, '-- Dumps followed as tractably as a tame bear. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people] Reference
He followed her tractably enough, but up in her studio before looking at the piano, he asked her a question or two. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wollaston] Reference
She went, being in the clutches of a superior force, tractably enough, but with none of her unconquerable love of country subdued. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
To which Socrates: Yes, I perceive that this is so, but it seems to me that the state was never more tractably disposed, never so ripe for. From Wordnik.com. [The Memorabilia] Reference
But I cannot say that he received the mention of it quite so tractably as I could have wished; but, as you observe, sir, he has not yet seen the lady. From Wordnik.com. [Vicissitudes in Genteel Life] Reference
He came along, tractably enough, sat in the chair that was to have been Wallace's, and talked for a while of the tea, and how hot it was this afternoon, and how beautifully cool in here. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wollaston] Reference
She had drawn out the whole family chart, and if she had only had power to make each one walk tractably in the path she foreordained, her sharp, thin face might have had a few less wrinkles. From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
He obeyed tractably enough, only turned toward her now and gazed at her with undissimulated intensity; not, though, as if speculating who she might be, rather as if wondering whether she were really there. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wollaston] Reference
I’m sure you’ll like him — this way,’ — Dumps followed as tractably as a tame bear. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
In our physics classes we coarse grain things or do “sums over states” and other things which are a way of burying away things we can’t tractably work with. From Wordnik.com. [The Lopsided Universe] Reference
Dembski’s definition of CSI entails a pattern that’s tractably recognizable by a human, so even if a solution or near-solution is “embedded” in the program, it doesn’t constitute CSI unless we can look at the program and see the solution there. From Wordnik.com. [Calling ID's Bluff, Calling ID's Bluff... - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Rhoda's pony followed him tractably up the trail. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert] Reference
Proteins don't typically behave tractably. From Wordnik.com. [American Scientist Online] Reference
"All right," said Henry tractably. From Wordnik.com. [The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River"] Reference
"Yes, papa," said she, pensively and tractably. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
“Yes, papa,” said she, pensively and tractably. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
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