Definition of Tractability

1. Noun. The trait of being easily persuaded.


Definition of Tractability

1. n. The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

Definition of Tractability

1. Noun. The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness. ¹

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Definition of Tractability

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tractability

trackwalkers
trackway
trackways
trackwidth
trackwidths
trackwork
tract
tract home
tract homes
tract house
tract housing
tract of Goll
tract of Munzer and Wiener
tract of Schutz
tractabilities
tractability
tractable
tractableness
tractablenesses
tractably
tractate
tractates
tracted
tractellum
tractile
tractility
tracting
traction
traction alopecia
traction atrophy

Literary usage of Tractability

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck, Rufus Daniel Smith (1922)
"... IMMIGRATION PROBLEM Tractability OF THE IMMIGRANT To the characteristics of recent immigrant wage- earners already described, should be added one other. ..."

2. Sporting Adventures in the Far West by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"... the West—Its tractability and selfish nature—How Mexicans capture it—Is frequently killed by hunters and sportsmen single-handed—My first grizzly—A hunt ..."

3. Rural Sports by William Barker Daniel (1813)
"This Man has only had these Animals under training, six Months, and it is truly surprising, to what a high state of Tractability he has brought them. ..."

4. On diseases peculiar to women: Including Displacements of the Uterus by Hugh Lenox Hodge (1868)
"Tractability OF THESE INFLAMMATIONS.—Such cases as these, years ago, brought us to the conclusion that inflammations of all mucous membranes, ..."

5. The Use of Motives in Teaching Morals and Religion by Thomas Walton Galloway (1917)
"Appeal to the spirit of tractability or obedience to authority. Assuming that there are relations of reasonably cordial appreciation between teacher and ..."

6. On Trek in the Transvaal: Or, Over Berg and Veldt in South Africa by Harriet A. Roche (1878)
"Kafir endurance of bodily pain—Simplicity of his diet—How John cured a snake-bite—Midges and Mosquitoes— Tractability of the South African Trek-ox. ..."

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