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Antonyms for intractability


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-trak-tuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtræk tə bəl



Definition of intractability

Origin :
  • 1570s, from intractable + -ity.
  • noun unruliness
Example sentences :
  • The intractability of the Lady Jezebel was beyond all bounds.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Heaven supply me with fortitude to contest her wild opinions, and intractability!
  • Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy
  • Wasn't she the author of a pamphlet on the intractability of servants?
  • Extract from : « Married » by August Strindberg
  • If Jill was to be wooed from her mood of intractability, Derek was the only man to do it.
  • Extract from : « The Little Warrior » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Or weeks or months or years according to the degree of our intractability.
  • Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
  • A vexatious delay occurred from the intractability of the mules, which persistently refused to allow themselves to be caught.
  • Extract from : « South African Memories » by Lady Sarah Wilson
  • She had had a great number of different teachers, all of whom had been brought to the point of despair by her intractability.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • The word is also used non-politically, in the sense of intractability and intolerance.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 » by Various
  • He subdued the intractability of all the four elements, and made them subservient to the use of man.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope
  • On p. 513, the phrase 'He subdued the intractability of all the four elements' had 'intractibility' in the original.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope

Synonyms for intractability

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