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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pliantness
pliantness
n 1: the property of being pliant [syn:
pliancy,
suppleness]
2: the quality of being easily adaptable [syn:
pliability,
pliancy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pliantness
Pliant
\Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See
Ply, v.]
1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or
pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe;
limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also
used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil;
tractable; as, a pliant heart.
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The will was then ductile and pliant to right
reason. --South.
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2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.]
“A pliant hour.” --Shak. --
Pli"ant*ly, adv. --
Pli"ant*ness, n.
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