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pliable |
2 definitions 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pliable adj 1: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" [syn: {fictile}] 2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" [syn: {elastic}, {flexible}, {pliant}] 3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable}, {pliant}] 4: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable}, {pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}]
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