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Pliable Common

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Pliable has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

susceptible to being led or directed

"fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"

2

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"

3

able to adjust readily to different conditions

"an adaptable person"

"a flexible personality"

"an elastic clause in a contract"

4

capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

"a flexible wire"

"a pliant young tree"

5

Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.

Example Sentences
"fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" adjective
"ductile copper" adjective
"malleable metals such as gold" adjective
"they soaked the leather to made it pliable" adjective
"pliant molten glass" adjective
"made of highly tensile steel alloy" adjective
"an adaptable person" adjective
"a flexible personality" adjective
"an elastic clause in a contract" adjective
"a flexible wire" adjective
See Also
pliant nonpliable bent dough faced plasticizer gym shoes pliability impliable
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Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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