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ductile

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  1. 1. a. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. easily influenced Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison. Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. Philips. 2. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s. easily influenced s. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out Source: ecdict

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