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Definition of Tractably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tractably
Literary usage of Tractably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Villette by Charlotte Brontë (1853)
""Yes, papa," said she, pensively and tractably. But poor Lucy ! I thought she
was a rich lady, and had rich friends." " You thought like a simpleton ..."
2. The American Revolution by Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1905)
"Another, while it was still a question whether Massachusetts should resist, or
accept her punishment tractably, had a child baptized by the name of " Submit ..."
3. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick (1903)
"Then the elements will tractably endure the accomplishment of their Maker's
dispensation. If, however, they emanate from your excellent god, ..."
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