Pliant

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  • adjective. Easily bent or flexed; pliable. synonym: malleable.
  • adjective. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable.
  • adjective. Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being easily bent; flexible; supple; limber; lithe: as, a pliant twig.
  • Easily bent or inclined to any particular course; readily influenced for good or evil; easy to be persuaded; yielding.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable.
  • adjective. Favorable to pliancy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
  • adjective. Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. able to adjust readily to different conditions
  • adjective. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
  • adjective. capable of being influenced or formed
  • adjective. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out