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pliant
adjective
(pli-ant)
able to adjust readily to different conditions
Synonyms:
elastic
,
flexible
,
pliable
,
pliant
adjective
(pli-ant)
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Synonyms:
ductile
,
malleable
,
pliable
,
tensile
,
tractile
,
Examples:
Pliant molten glass.
pliant
adjective
(pli-ant)
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Synonyms:
bendable
,
pliable
,
waxy
,
Examples:
A pliant young tree.
pliant
adjective
(pli-ant)
capable of being influenced or formed
Synonyms:
plastic
,
Examples:
A pliant nature.
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pliable
,
malleable
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adaptable
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elastic
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flexible
,
bendable
,
ductile
,
impressionable
,
plastic
,
tensile
,
flexile
,
tractile
,
accommodating
,
lithe
,
yielding
,
docile
,
complaisant
,
supple
,
obsequious
,
subservient
,
acquiescent
,
obedient
,
rigid
,
biddable
,
dexterous
,
tractable
,
venal
,
servile
,
timorous
,
sequacious
,
supine
,
avaricious
,
unassertive
,
sycophantic
,
submissive
,
pusillanimous
,
unctuous
,
recalcitrant
,
megalomanic
,
credulous
,
unquestioning
,
bumptious
,
truculent
,
dictatorial
,
ingratiating
,
lithy
,
plutocratic
,
spineless
,
rapacious
,
oleaginous
,
despotic
,
feckless
,
deferential
,
meek
,
adroit
,
domineering
,
uncorrupt
,
bribable
,
maladroit
,
omnipotent
,
aristocratically
,
tyrannical
,
powerful
,
overbearing
,
praetorian
,
intransigent
,
dutiful
,
mephistophelian
,
manipulative
,
meddlesome
,
unbeholden
,
importunate
,
guileful
,
machiavellian
,
unelected
,
urbane
,
cunning
,
bewigged
,
impliable
,
groveling
,
supercilious
,
immalleable
,
sympathetic
,
solicitous
,
unaccountable
,
corruptible
,
skillful
,
persuasive
,
gullible
,
uncritical
,
mendacious
,
bossy
,
unmusical
,
devious
,
canny
,
stolid
,
blustering
,
duplicitous
,
pompous
,
wily
,
pliant
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