The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ductilely
Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.]
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Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.
--Addison.Forms their ductile minds To human virtues.
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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.