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Willingness to be taught; tractableness. The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. Beattie.

ng indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness. The stiffness and indocility of the Pharisees. W. Montagu.

Readiness in learning; docility; aptness. He was a boy of remarkable aptitude. Macaulay.

Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.

e. From their flight strange auguries she drew. Drayton. He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott.

Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility. To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days. Boyle. The docibleness of dogs in general. Walton.

s it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

The state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility.

f large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.

The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness. The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy. Sir W. Raleigh.

The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.