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pliableness

pliableness


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pliable  \Pli"a*ble\,  a.  [F.,  fr  plier  to  bend,  to  fold.  See 
  {Ply},  v.] 
  1.  Capable  of  being  plied,  turned,  or  bent;  easy  to  be  bent; 
  flexible;  pliant;  supple;  limber;  yielding;  as  willow  is 
  a  pliable  plant. 
 
  2.  Flexible  in  disposition;  readily  yielding  to  influence, 
  arguments,  persuasion,  or  discipline;  easy  to  be 
  persuaded;  --  sometimes  in  a  bad  sense  as  a  pliable 
  youth.  ``Pliable  she  promised  to  be.''  --Dr.  H.  More  -- 
  {Pli"a*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Pli"a*bly},  adv