tractable
adjective
easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding.
untractableness
-
a word derived from
tractable.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Henry was too thankful for being permitted to enjoy her presence to forfeit the boon by any untractableness, and, for one of his excitable temperament, he was exceedingly docile.
From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Warren T. Ashton
This is all that has been produced by the revival of Chrysippus's untractableness of matter, and the Arabian scale of existence.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Samuel Johnson
From the untractableness and prodigious strength of the buffaloes, it was both a tedious and difficult operation to get them on board.
From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Andrew Kippis
This plan was accordingly put in execution; but the untractableness and prodigious strength of the buffaloes, rendered it a tedious and difficult operation.
You accuse their pastors with illiterature, whilst you adopt the most cruel means of making them ignorant; and their peasantry with untractableness, whilst you deprive them of the means of civilisation.
From Irish Nationality by Alice Stopford Green
