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English to English adjective
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Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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capable of being influenced or formed | | Example: the plastic minds of children
a pliant nature
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capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | | Example: 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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able to adjust readily to different conditions | | Example: an adaptable person
a flexible personality
an elastic clause in a contract
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capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | | Example: a flexible wire
a pliant young tree
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