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Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..

Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable..

Toward :: Toward (prep.) Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth..

Preatory :: Preatory (a.) Suppliant; beseeching.

Compliantly :: Compliantly (adv.) In a compliant manner.

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc..

Indulgent :: Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent..

Mood :: Mood (n.) Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood..

Obsequious :: Obsequious (a.) Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted..

Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Favorable to pliancy.

Rigid :: Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..

Facile :: Facile (a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.

Pliant :: Pliant (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..

Compliable :: Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.

Obsequious :: Obsequious (a.) Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite..

Wicker :: Wicker (n.) A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

Pliancy :: Pliancy (n.) The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod..

Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.

Lithely :: Lithely (adv.) In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner..

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