单词 | pliably |
释义 | pliablyadv. In a pliable manner; flexibly, yieldingly, docilely. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adverb] fluxibly1471 flexibly1607 pliablya1631 flexively1651 supplely1832 society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adverb] > compliantly conformably1546 pliablya1631 complyingly1655 complaisantly1709 compliantly1818 unprotestingly1851 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 177 That I come into the hands of my God, as pliably, as ductily, as that first clod of earth, of which he made me in Adam. 1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 583 Those lukewarm irreligious Temporizers, who had learn'd..pliably to tack about, as still to be ready to receive whatever revolution and turn of affairs should happen. 1755 W. Guthrie tr. Cicero Offices iii. 314 Friendship ought to be more free, more easy, more winning, more engagingly endearing, and more pliably polite. 1855 N. P. Willis Out-doors at Idlewild 257 The wagons are so put together as to work pliably like timber baskets. 1924 G. Westcott Apple of Eye 111 The light fell pliably, tinged with pale colours. 1998 Precision Marketing (Nexis) 12 Jan. 15 I know someone, somewhere, thinks that if they can just get me to accept a [loyalty] card, I will become immediately, pliably and vacantly ‘loyal’ to their store. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1631 |
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