Synonyms for tractability
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : trak-tuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræk tə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for tractability
Définition of tractability
Origin :- "manageable," early 15c., from Latin tractabilis "that may be touched, handled, or managed," from tractare "to handle, manage" (see treat). Related: Tractability.
- noun obedience
- I need not have been so surprised as I was at his tractability.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- For once Margaret miscalculated the tractability of her father's temper.
- Extract from : « Anne of Geierstein » by Walter Scott
- But he only said this to keep up his courage, and not to be ashamed of his tractability.
- Extract from : « From a Swedish Homestead » by Selma Lagerlf
- Their suspicions would be lulled by my tractability and their contempt.
- Extract from : « The Firefly Of France » by Marion Polk Angellotti
- There was nothing marvellous in the fact of her tractability thus far.
- Extract from : « The Well-Beloved » by Thomas Hardy
- Mrs Durbeyfield was only too delighted at this tractability.
- Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
- Avice had seen all this before he pointed it out, but, with a girl's tractability, had acquiesced.
- Extract from : « The Well-Beloved » by Thomas Hardy
- Would that my sister added to her many great qualities the humble one of tractability!
- Extract from : « Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle » by Clement K. Shorter
- I'm to be tractability itself, on the distinct understanding that it commits me to nothing whatever.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
- He appeared to have reached that degree of culture that disarms viciousness and softens stubbornness into tractability.
- Extract from : « Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive » by Alf Burnett
Antonyms for tractability
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