DUCTILE

ductile. Ductile, a. tractable, pliable, easy to be drawn

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Duc″tile (?), a. [[L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.]] 1. 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. 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.