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pliantness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pliant  \Pli"ant\,  a.  [F.  pliant,  p.  pr  of  plier  to  bend.  See 
  {Ply},  v.] 
  1.  Capable  of  plying  or  bending;  readily  yielding  to  force  or 
  pressure  without  breaking;  flexible;  pliable;  lithe; 
  limber;  plastic;  as  a  pliant  thread;  pliant  wax.  Also 
  used  figuratively:  Easily  influenced  for  good  or  evil; 
  tractable;  as  a  pliant  heart. 
 
  The  will  was  then  ductile  and  pliant  to  right 
  reason.  --South. 
 
  2.  Favorable  to  pliancy.  [R.]  ``A  pliant  hour.''  --Shak.  -- 
  {Pli"ant*ly},  adv  --  {Pli"ant*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pliantness 
  n  1:  the  property  of  being  pliant  [syn:  {pliancy},  {suppleness}] 
  2:  the  quality  of  being  easily  adaptable  [syn:  {pliability},  {pliancy}]




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