leadiness
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English ledynesse, equivalent to leady + -ness.
Noun
editleadiness (uncountable)
- The quality of being leady.
- 1910, Modern Painter, volume 19, page 113:
- A certain friction causes a leadiness or grayness. and the whiteness is gone. Therefore the best lead makers are the best grinders.