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- Dictionarypliability/ˌplʌɪəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
- 1. the quality of being easily bent; flexibility: "an excellent combination of strength, pliability, and elasticity"
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the ability to bend easily into a new shape without breaking or cracking, or the degree to which a substance can do this: The plastic dolls have unusual pliability. These mats have a pliability that allows them to be rolled and used as a funnel. Fewer examples. This product gives the hold of a gel with the pliability of a wax.
supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking; yielding readily to others : complaisant; adjustable to varying conditions… See the full definition
adj. 1. Easily bent or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable. 2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: a pliable policy. 3. Easily influenced, persuaded, or controlled: replaced the complainer with a more pliable subordinate. [Middle English, from Old French, from plier, to bend; see pliant .]
The quality of being flexible, either literally or figuratively, is pliability. The pliability of aluminum foil is what makes it such a great material for wrapping your leftovers — or fashioning a crown for your cat.
Pliability definition: the quality of being easily bent without breaking; flexibility. See examples of PLIABILITY used in a sentence.
PLIABLE definition: 1. A pliable substance bends easily without breaking or cracking: 2. A pliable person is easily…. Learn more.
1. easily bent or molded; flexible. 2. easily influenced or persuaded; tractable. 3. adjusting readily; adaptable.
Definition of pliable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Pliability definition: the quality of being easily bent without breaking; flexibility. See examples of PLIABILITY used in a sentence.
Pliability definition: The quality or state of being pliable ; flexibility ; pliableness .
