Obedient vs. Manageable

Obedientadjective

Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

‘Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.’;

Manageableadjective

Capable of being managed or controlled

Obedientnoun

One who obeys.

Manageableadjective

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

Obedientadjective

Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

‘And floating straight, obedient to the stream.’; ‘The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,With due observance, wait the chief's command.’;

Manageableadjective

easy to handle or use or manage;

‘a large but wieldy book’;

Obedientadjective

dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority;

‘an obedient soldier’; ‘obedient children’; ‘a little man obedient to his wife’; ‘the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened’;

Manageableadjective

capable of being managed or controlled

Manageableadjective

easily dealt with;

‘manageable problems’;

Manageableadjective

able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty

‘her long hair was black, wavy, and manageable’;