pliable
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From Middle English, from Old French pliant, from Latin plicare (“fold”).
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pliable (comparative more pliable, superlative most pliable)
- soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded
- You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays fairly moist.
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easily bent or formed
[edit] External links
- pliable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pliable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- pliable at OneLook Dictionary Search
