Found 1 items, similar to Ductileness.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ductileness Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. --Philips. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. [1913 Webster] Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden. -- Duc"tile*ly, adv. -- Duc"tile*ness, n. [1913 Webster]