rare. [f. as prec.] Tendency to spread.
1671. Phil. Trans., VI. 2211. As for the Spreadingness of the Plague, he esteems … that it is not so Contagious as is commonly believed.
1674. N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., Ep. Ded. Though I cannot raise nor greaten the height and spreadingness of your Worth.
