What is "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.

   Forms their ductile minds To human virtues.
   --Philips.

2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.

   Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals.
   --Dryden. -- Duc"tile*ly, adv. -- Duc"tile*ness, n.