malleableness

mal·le·a·ble

 (măl′ē-ə-bəl)

adj.

1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.

2. Easily controlled or influenced: "The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).

3.

a. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: a malleable leader unafraid to compromise.

b. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: the malleable rhythms of jazz.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]

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mal′le·a·bil′i·ty, mal′le·a·ble·ness n.

mal′le·a·bly adv.

Synonyms: malleable, ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant
These adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass.

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Thesaurus

malleableness

noun

The quality or state of being flexible:

bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleability, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness.

Obsolete: flexure.

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Translations

malleabilità