pliant

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Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax
{a} flexible, bending, limber, easy to be persuaded
Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart
Favorable to pliancy
If something is pliant, you can bend it easily without breaking it. pliant young willows. = pliable, supple
A pliant person can be easily influenced and controlled by other people. She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior. = compliant, pliable
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"
able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"
{s} flexible; bendable; easily influenced; easily molded or shaped
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
malleable
pliantness
{n} easiness to be bent
pliantly
in a pliant manner
pliantly
flexibly, pliably, facilely, plastically; submissively, compliantly, obediently, compliantly, yieldingly
pliantness
{i} flexibility, quality of being bendable, quality of being limber
pliant

    Hyphenation

    pli·ant

    Turkish pronunciation

    playınt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈplīənt/ /ˈplaɪənt/

    Etymology

    () From Old French pliant.
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