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3 senses: 1. easily bent; supple 2. easily modified; adaptable; flexible 3. yielding readily to influence; compliant.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of pliant adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
pliable: [adjective] supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking. yielding readily to others : complaisant.
pliant. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pli‧ant /ˈplaɪənt/ adjective 1 soft and moving easily in the way that you want Isabel was pliant in his arms. her pliant lips 2 easily influenced and controlled by other people Pliant judges have been a problem in the past. —pliantly adverb —pliancy noun [ uncountable] Examples ...
pliant adjective. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. Synonyms. bendable, pliable, waxy. Examples. "a flexible wire". "a pliant young tree". able to adjust readily to different conditions. Synonyms.
Pliant definition: bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable. See examples of PLIANT used in a sentence.
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