Pliant
['plaɪənt]
Definition
(v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
(v.) Favorable to pliancy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Pliable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PLIABLE]
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Examples
- This paint gives a very durable and pliant covering, which does not melt in the greatest heat of summer nor crack or break in the greatest cold. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Papa, don't be stiffclose your fingers; be pliant--there! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Her frost fell away, her rigidity unbent; she grew smiling and pliant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I could resist St. John's wrath: I grew pliant as a reed under his kindness. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In a strange and new sense, I grew most selfish, and quite powerless to deny myself the delight of indulging his mood, and being pliant to his will. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He had a gold watch, and a gold curb chain with large gold seals; and he carried a pliant ebony cane with a gold top. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Casaubon kept his hands behind him and allowed her pliant arm to cling with difficulty against his rigid arm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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