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- pronunciation:
- duhk
tihl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin.
Copper is a ductile metal.- antonyms:
- brittle
- similar words:
- malleable
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definition 2: |
easily shaped; plastic.
- similar words:
- malleable, plastic
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definition 3: |
willing to be led or persuaded; easily influenced.
- antonyms:
- intransigent
- similar words:
- flexible
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related words: |
elastic, flexible, limber, lissome, malleable, pliable, soft, supple, tractable |
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derivations: |
ductilely (adv.), ductileness (n.), ductility (n.) |
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