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pliability |
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Translations pliability n → Biegsamkeit f; (of leather) → Geschmeidigkeit f; (of character, mind, person) → Formbarkeit f; (= docility) → Fügsamkeit f pliability [ˌplaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → flessibilità, malleabilità pliability [ˌplaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → flessibilità, malleabilità How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With this collection of valuables, Monsieur Le Quoi had stepped behind a counter, and, with a wonderful pliability of temperament, had dropped into his assumed character as gracefully as he had ever moved in any other. Her expression--bright, frank, and intelligent--appeared, while she was silent, to be altogether wanting in those feminine attractions of gentleness and pliability, without which the beauty of the handsomest woman alive is beauty incomplete. Fairfax had begged a holiday for Adele, because she had a cold; and, as Adele seconded the request with an ardour that reminded me how precious occasional holidays had been to me in my own childhood, I accorded it, deeming that I did well in showing pliability on the point. |
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