ductile
AdjectiveUS[duhk-tuhl]/ˈdʌktəl/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- easily influencedSynonyms: malleableOpposite intractableSimilar tractable, manipulable
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out“ductile copper”“malleable metals such as gold”“they soaked the leather to made it pliable”“pliant molten glass”“made of highly tensile steel alloy”Synonyms: malleablepliableplianttensiletractileOpposite unformedSimilar formed
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Duc′tile adjective
Origin: 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. Joseph Addison
Forms their ductile minds To human virtues.— Ambrose Philips
2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.
Gold... is the softest and most ductile of all metals.— John Dryden
— Duc′wb-a1′>′tile·ly (#), adverb — Duc′wb-a1′>′tile·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54