pliable

  • 21pliable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from plier to bend, fold more at ply Date: 14th century 1. a. supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking b. yielding readily to others ; complaisant 2. adjustable to varying …

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  • 22Pliable — …

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  • 23pliable — Synonyms and related words: abulic, accessible, adaptable, afraid, amenable, appliable, applicable, apt, bendable, bending, bendy, biddable, bright, clever, compliant, convenient, cowardly, creased, crimped, docile, dog eared, doubled, ductile,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24pliable — pli|a|ble [ plaıəbl ] adjective 1. ) able to bend or change shape easily without breaking 2. ) easy to persuade or influence: COMPLIANT ╾ pli|a|bil|i|ty [ ,plaıə bıləti ] noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25pliable — see PLY …

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  • 26pliable — pli·a·ble || plaɪəbl adj. flexible, supple; bendable; easily influenced; easily molded or shaped …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27pliable — adjective 1》 easily bent; flexible. 2》 easily influenced or swayed. Derivatives pliability noun pliably adverb Origin ME: from Fr., from plier (see ply1) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28pliable — a. 1. Flexible, flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent. 2. Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, easily persuaded, docile, obsequious, ductile, facile …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 29pliable — adj 1. flexible, flexile, flexuous, bendable, pliant; elastic, supple, lithe, limber, willowy, lissome; malleable, extensile, extensible, ductile, tractile, plastic, stretchable; bending, shapable, moldable, fictile. 2. persuasible, persuadable,… …

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  • 30pliable — pli·a·ble …

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