'Tractableness' definitions:

Definition of 'tractableness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of being easily persuaded [syn: tractability, tractableness, flexibility] [ant: intractability, intractableness]

Definition of 'Tractableness'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder. [1913 Webster] --{Tract"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tract"a/bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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