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tractably

tractably adverb: in a tractable manner; with compliance or docility.

Adverb

tractably (comparative more tractably, superlative most tractably)

  1. In a tractable manner; with compliance or docility.

Forms of tractably

comparativemore tractably
superlativemost tractably

Origin of tractably

From tractable + -ly.

Questions about tractably

What does tractably mean?
Tractably means in a tractable manner; with compliance or docility.
What part of speech is tractably?
Tractably is an adverb.

Words near tractably in the dictionary

  1. tract society
  2. tractabilities
  3. tractability
  4. tractable
  5. tractableness
  6. tractably
  7. Tractarian
  8. Tractarianism
  9. Tractarianize
  10. Tractarianized
  11. Tractarianizes

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