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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F., fr.

plier

to bend, to fold. See

Verb.

]

Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding;

as, willow is a

pliable

plant

Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; – sometimes in a bad sense;

as, a

pliable

youth

“Pliable she promised to be.”

Dr. H. More.

–

Pli′a-ble-ness

Noun.

–

Pli′a-bly

adv.

Adj.

[L. plico.]

Easy to be bent; that readily yields to pressure without rupture; flexible; as, willow is a pliable plant.

Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to moral influence, arguments, persuasion or discipline; as a pliable youth.