ductility

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets

From ductile + -ity.

MALLEABILITY.--This is considered a modification of ductility. — Practical Mechanics for Boys, James Slough Zerbe
This last, however, he knew so well how to counterfeit, by means of a large share of ductility and dissimulation, that, surely, he was calculated by nature to dupe even the most cautious, and gratify his appetites, by levying contributions on all mankind. — The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete, T. (Tobias) Smollett
Then, in order to characterize completely this quality of Lord Byron, Moore further adds:-- "It must be felt, indeed, by all readers of that work, and particularly by those who, being gifted with but a small portion of such ductility themselves, are unable to keep pace with his changes, that the suddenness with which he passes from one strain of sentiment to another, from the gay to the sad, from the cynical to the tender,--begets a distrust in the sincerity of one or both moods of mind which interferes with, if not chills, the sympathy that a more natural transition would inspire. — My Recollections of Lord Byron, Teresa, contessa di Guiccioli

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