Definition of pliant

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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..

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Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..
Cheveril :: Cheveril (a.) Made of cheveril; pliant.
Conformable :: Conformable (a.) Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow direstions; submissive; compliant.
Supple-chapped :: Supple (v. i.) To become soft and pliant.
Supple :: Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers..
Preatory :: Preatory (a.) Suppliant; beseeching.
Complaisant :: Complaisant (a.) Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman..
Compliantly :: Compliantly (adv.) In a compliant manner.
Truism :: Truism (n.) An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism.
Compliant :: Compliant (a.) Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Favorable to pliancy.
Shammy :: Shammy (n.) A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying..
Suppliant :: Suppliant (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Lithely :: Lithely (adv.) In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner..
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..
Supplement :: Supplely (adv.) In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
Suppliant :: Suppliant (a.) Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
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..
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