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pliable
adjective
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
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ˈplaɪəbəl
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adjective
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
“a flexible wire”
adjective
able to adjust readily to different conditions
“a flexible personality”
adjective
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
“ductile copper”
adjective
susceptible to being led or directed
“fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda”
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a flexible wire
a pliant young tree
a flexible personality
an elastic clause in a contract
a pliable person
ductile copper
malleable metals such as gold
they soaked the leather to made it pliable
pliant molten glass
made of highly tensile steel alloy
fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
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