[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being tractable; tractability.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., II. 100. Vnlesse he did frame vs to that tractablenesse by his spirit.
1600. Sir W. Cornwallis, Ess., iii. D j b. The tractablenes of his people might keep them in peace.
1726. Leoni, Alberti’s Archit., I. 27/2. None of these [trees] for Tractableness can compare with the Linden.
1860. Holland, Miss Gilbert, v. A gentle sympathetic word would win her into tenderness and tractableness.
