Pliant: alternatives and connections

Capable of being adapted.

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Capable of being adapted.

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Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

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Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

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of Form

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of Form

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Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.

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Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.

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Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

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Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

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The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.

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The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.

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Capable of being bent.

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Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.

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Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

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Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.

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Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

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

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Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.

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Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.

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Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

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