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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
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