duc´tile|ly

duc´tile|ly
duc|tile «DUHK tuhl», adjective.
1. that can be hammered out thin or drawn out into a wire; malleable: »

The chief ductile metals are copper, iron, brass, platinum, gold, silver, and aluminum (Walter R. Williams, Jr.).

2. easily molded or shaped; flexible: »

Wax is ductile when it is warm.

SYNONYM(S): pliant, plastic.
3. Figurative. easily managed or influenced; docile: »

The man was in truth childishly soft and ductile (Mrs. Humphry Ward).

 SYNONYM(S): tractable, pliable, pliant.
╂[< Latin ductilis < dūcere to lead]
–duc´tile|ly, adverb.
–duc´tile|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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