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pliability (noun)

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  • pliability — pliable ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily bent; flexible. 2) easily influenced or swayed. DERIVATIVES pliability noun. ORIGIN French, from Latin plicare to bend or fold …   English terms dictionary

  • pliability — noun 1. the property of being easily bent without breaking • Syn: ↑bendability • Derivationally related forms: ↑pliable, ↑bendable (for: ↑bendability) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pliability — noun see pliable …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pliability — noun The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness …   Wiktionary

  • pliability — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Flexibility] Syn. facility, elasticity, mobility; see flexibility 1 . 2. [Adaptability] Syn. susceptibility, passivity, obedience; see docility . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being flexible: bounce …   English dictionary for students

  • pliable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from plier to bend, fold more at ply Date: 14th century 1. a. supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking b. yielding readily to others ; complaisant 2. adjustable to varying …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pliable — adjective 1》 easily bent; flexible. 2》 easily influenced or swayed. Derivatives pliability noun pliably adverb Origin ME: from Fr., from plier (see ply1) …   English new terms dictionary

  • pliable — adjective 1 easy to bend without breaking or cracking: The clay should be moistened regularly to keep it soft and pliable. 2 able and willing to change and accept new ideas and ways of doing things; adaptable: The committee would benefit from… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pliable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily bent; flexible. 2) easily influenced or swayed. DERIVATIVES pliability noun. ORIGIN French, from Latin plicare to bend or fold …   English terms dictionary

  • pliancy — noun 1. the property of being pliant and flexible • Syn: ↑pliantness, ↑suppleness • Derivationally related forms: ↑supple (for: ↑suppleness), ↑pliant (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pliantness — noun 1. the property of being pliant and flexible • Syn: ↑pliancy, ↑suppleness • Derivationally related forms: ↑supple (for: ↑suppleness), ↑pliant, ↑pliant ( …   Useful english dictionary

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