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tractableness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tractable  \Tract"a*ble\,  a.  [L.  tractabilis  fr  tractare  to 
  draw  violently,  to  handle,  treat.  See  {Treat},  v.  t.] 
  1.  Capable  of  being  easily  led,  taught,  or  managed;  docile; 
  manageable;  governable;  as  tractable  children;  a 
  tractable  learner. 
 
  I  shall  find  them  tractable  enough.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Capable  of  being  handled;  palpable;  practicable;  feasible; 
  as  tractable  measures.  [Obs.]  --Holder. 
  --{Tract"a*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Tract"a/bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tractableness 
  n  :  the  trait  of  being  easily  persuaded  [syn:  {tractability},  {flexibility}] 
  [ant:  {intractability}]




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