Definitions for pliable
ˈplaɪ ə bəlpli·able

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fictile, pliableadjective

   susceptible to being led or directed

   "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"

2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractileadjective

   capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

   "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"

3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective

   able to adjust readily to different conditions

   "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

4. bendable, pliable, pliant, waxyadjective

   capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

   "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pliableadjective

   soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded

   You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays fairly moist.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLIABLEadjective

   Etymology: pliable, from plier, Fr. to bend.

   1. Easy to be bent; flexible.

   Though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt, and make the very law so pliable and bending, that it shall be impossible to be broke. Robert South, Sermons.

   Whether the different motions of the animal spirits may have any effect on the mould of the face, when the lineaments are pliable and tender, I shall leave to the curious. Add.

   2. Flexible of disposition; easy to be persuaded.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pliable

   Pliable refers to a material or object that is flexible, easily bent, shaped, or adjusted without breaking or cracking. It can also refer to a person or situation that is easily influenced, adaptable, or able to be modified to suit different conditions or circumstances.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Pliable

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

2. Pliable

   flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth

3. Etymology: [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See Ply, v.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pliable

   plī′a-bl, adj. easily bent or folded: supple: easily persuaded: yielding to influence.—ns. Pliabil′ity, Plī′ableness, quality of being pliable or flexible.—adv. Plī′ably, in a pliable manner.—ns. Plī′ancy, Plī′antness, the state of being pliant: readiness to be influenced.—adj. Plī′ant, bending easily: flexible: tractable: easily influenced.—adv. Plī′antly. [Fr. pliable—L. plicāre, to fold.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pliable in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pliable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of pliable in a Sentence

1. Mark Twain:

   Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. (Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.)

2. Bette Davis:

   Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone -- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

3. Phil Keoghan:

   The idea is that you never finish the list, and the list is pliable, and you are constantly adding and subtracting.

4. Mark Twain:

   Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

5. unknown:

   Truth can not be manipulated in the slightest. It is the perception of truth that is pliable. To dismiss truth as a fairy tale is the endeavor of the fool.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pliable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pliable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pliable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pliable
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pliable