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pliable
adjective
1 pliable
Susceptible to being led or directed.
synonym: fictile.
2 pliable
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out:
— They soaked the leather to made it pliable.
synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile.
Roget 324:
soft,
tender,
supple;
pliant,
pliable;
flexible,
flexile;
lithe,
lithesome;
lissom,
limber,
plastic;
ductile;
tractile†,
tractable;
malleable,
extensile,
sequacious†,
inelastic;
aluminous†;
remollient†.
yielding
etc.
v.;
flabby,
limp,
flimsy.
doughy,
spongy,
penetrable,
foamy,
cushiony†.
flaccid,
flocculent,
downy;
edematous,
oedematous†,
medullary [Anat.],
argillaceous,
mellow.
soft as butter,
soft as down,
soft as silk;
yielding as wax,
tender as chicken.
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Polish: kujny, kowalny
3 pliable
4 pliable
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
synonyms: bendable, pliant, waxy.
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