tawieadj.
/ˈtɔːi/, U.S. /ˈtɔi/, /ˈtɑi/, Scottish English /ˈtɔɪ/ Scottish dialect.
Tractable, docile, easy to manage.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable
beisuma1225
treatable1303
waldinc1485
tractable?1504
towardly1513
obsequent1520
conformable1547
unwilful1570
sonsya1622
ductile1622
obedible1622
ductible1623
unobstinate1632
ducible1633
docile1647
fictile1676
amenable1680
tawie1786
trottya1913
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 166 Ye ne'er was donsie; But hamely, tawie, quiet, an' cannie, An' unco sonsie.
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adj.1786- to tell truth
- to tell up
- to tell volumes
- to tell what to do with
- to tell what to do with something
- to tell what wood the ship is made of
- to tell where he or she gets off
- to tell where to get off
- to tell where to go
- to tell where to put
- to tell where to put something
- to tell worlds
- to tell, make, hold, set great store of
- to tell, make, hold, set little store of
- to tell, make, hold, set no store of
- to tell, make, hold, set store of
- to tempt
- to tempt fate
- to tempt fortune
- to tempt god
- to tempt providence
- to tempt the etc
- to tempt the flood
- to tempt the sea
- to tempt the storm