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pliable [ˈplaɪəbəl] adj
easily moulded, bent, influenced, or altered pliability , pliableness n pliably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
pliable adjective 1. flexible, plastic, supple, lithe, limber, malleable, pliant, tensile, bendy, ductile, bendable The baskets are made with young, pliable spruce roots. flexible stiff, rigid 2. compliant, susceptible, responsive, manageable, receptive, yielding, adaptable, docile, impressionable, easily led, pliant, tractable, persuadable, influenceable, like putty in your hands His young queen was pliable and easily influenced. compliant stubborn, intractable, inflexible, wilful, unyielding, obstinate, headstrong, unbending, obdurate, unadaptable Translations pliable, pliant pliable [ˈplaɪəbl] pliant [ˈplaɪənt] adj (substance) → pieghevole, flessibile (fig) (person) → malleabile pliable [ˈplaɪəbl] pliant [ˈplaɪənt] adj (substance) → pieghevole, flessibile (fig) (person) → malleabile adj pliable [ˈplaiəbl] easily bent pliable wire. buigbaar سَهْل اللي гъвкав ohebný smidig biegsam ευλύγιστος, εύκαμπτος flexible painduv قابل انعطاف taipuisa flexible גָמִיש आनम्य gibak,elastičan hajlítható lentur (auð)sveigjanlegur flessibile, pieghevole 曲がりやすい 잘 휘는 lankstus lokāms; lokans mudah dilenturkan plooibaar bøyelig, myk giętki flexível pliabil; flexibil гибкий ohybný upogljiv; prožen savitljiv böjlig ยืดหยุ่น esnek 易彎的 гнучкий لچک دار، ملائم mềm dẻo 易弯的 n pliaˈbility buigbaarheid سُهولَة اللي гъвкавост ohebnost, vláčnost smidighed die Biegsamkeit ευκαμψία, ελαστικότητα flexibilidad paindlikkus انعطاف پذیری notkeus flexibilité, souplesse גְמִישוּת आनम्यता podatnost,gipkost hajlékonyság, rugalmasság kelenturan sveigjanleiki flessibilità 曲がりやすさ 유연(성) lankstumas lokāmība; lokanība mudahnya dilenturkan plooibaarheid bøyelighet, smidighet giętkość flexibilidade flexibilitate; maleabilitate гибкость ohybnosť upogljivost savitljivo böjlighet ความสามารถในการยอมรับ esneklik 柔韌性 гнучкість, пластичність نرمي سے tính mềm 柔韧性 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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When one's body is young, it is very pliable, and hard work will mould it like putty according to the nature of the work. Indeed the moon, liquid and pliable in the first days of its formation, was originally a perfect sphere; but being soon drawn within the attraction of the earth, it became elongated under the influence of gravitation. But she was more pliable under his hands than a mere companionship would have made her, owing to her unavoidable dependence upon his mother, and, through that lady's comparative helplessness, upon him. |
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