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Meaning of 'pliable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pliable [ v.]
- Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
- Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.

Meaning of 'pliable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pliable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
Example in sentence:
  • a flexible personality;
  • an adaptable person;
  • an elastic clause in a contract
Meaning (2):
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Example in sentence:
  • a flexible wire;
  • a pliant young tree
Meaning (3):
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Example in sentence:
  • ductile copper;
  • made of highly tensile steel alloy;
  • malleable metals such as gold;
  • pliant molten glass;
  • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
Meaning (4):
- susceptible to being led or directed
Example in sentence:
  • fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda

Nearby Words:

pliability pliancy pliant plica plicate plicated plication plicature plicidentine plied

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