 pliable |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | |
| Synonyms: | pliant bendable | |
| Examples: | "a flexible wire" "a pliant young tree" |
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| Related terms: | flexible | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] able to adjust readily to different conditions | |
| Synonyms: | flexible elastic pliant | |
| Examples: | "an adaptable person" "a flexible personality" "an elastic clause in a contract" |
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| Related terms: | adaptable | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] susceptible to being led or directed | |
| Synonyms: | fictile | |
| Examples: | "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" |
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| Related terms: | susceptible | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | |
| Synonyms: | malleable pliant tensile tractile ductile | |
| Examples: | "ductile copper" "malleable metals such as gold" "they soaked the leather to made it pliable" "pliant molten glass" "made of highly tensile steel alloy" |
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| Related terms: | elastic | |
| Similar spelling: |
playable pluvial playbill Pluvialis playful |
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