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   mal·le·a·ble

   /ˈmal(y)əbəl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking: "a malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet" Similar pliableductileplasticpliantsoftworkableshapablemoldabletractiletensileOpposite hard
   • ▪ easily influenced; pliable: "Anna was shaken enough to be malleable" Similar easily influencedsuggestiblesusceptibleimpressionableamenablecooperativeadaptablecompliantpliabletractableaccommodatingbiddabledocileobedientcomplaisantmanageablemanipulablepersuadablegovernableinfluenceablelike putty in someone's handsOpposite intractable

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘able to be hammered’): via Old French from medieval Latin malleabilis, from Latin malleus ‘a hammer’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. malleability noun
   • 2. malleably adverb

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