duc"tile*ly

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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