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pli·ant  (plnt)

adj.

1. Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable.

2. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable.

3. Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant.

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[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of plier, to fold, bend, from Latin plicre; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

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plian·cy, pliant·ness n.

pliant·ly adv.

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pliant

Adjective

1. easily bent; supple: pliant young willow and hazel twigs

2. easily influenced: he was a far more pliant subordinate than his predecessor [Old French plier to fold]

pliancy n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pliant - capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" plastic impressible, impressionable, waxy - easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind"
	2.	pliant - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" tractile, ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile formed - having or given a form or shape
	3.	pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" elastic, flexible, pliable adaptable - capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"
	4.	pliant - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" bendable, waxy, pliable flexile, flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"