tractability
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trac·ta·ble
(trăk′tə-bəl)adj.
1. Easily managed or controlled; governable.
2. Easily handled or worked; malleable.
[Latin tractābilis, from tractāre, to manage, frequentative of trahere, to draw.]
trac′ta·bil′i·ty, trac′ta·ble·ness n.
trac′ta·bly adv.
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Noun | 1. | tractability - the trait of being easily persuaded trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature manageability, manageableness - capable of being managed or controlled docility - the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable domestication, tameness - the attribute of having been domesticated obedience - the trait of being willing to obey intractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control |
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tractability
nounThe quality or state of willingly carrying out the wishes of others:
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tractability
n (lit: of metal) → Formbarkeit f, → Bearbeitbarkeit f; (fig) (of child, animal, disposition) → Fügsamkeit f, → Lenkbarkeit f; (of problem) → (leichte) Lösbarkeit
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