Ductilely

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [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.
        --Addison.
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              Forms their ductile minds
              To human virtues.                     --Philips.
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     2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or
        threads.
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              Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all
              metals.                               --Dryden.
        -- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n.
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