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[ plahy-uhnt ] / ˈplaɪ ənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pliant ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay. easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature. Origin of pliantFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old French, present participle of the verbplier ply2; see -ant SYNONYMS FOR pliant1, 2 pliable, flexile. 2 manageable, tractable, docile. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pliant ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for pliant1, 2. See flexible. OTHER WORDS FROM pliantpli·an·cy, pli·ant·ness, nounpli·ant·ly, adverbnon·pli·an·cy, nounnon·pli·ant, adjective non·pli·ant·ly, adverbnon·pli·ant·ness, nounun·pli·an·cy, nounun·pli·ant, adjectiveun·pli·ant·ly, adverbun·pli·ant·ness, noun Words nearby pliantplexus thyroideus impar, Pleyel, plf, pli, pliable, pliant, plica, plicate, plication, plicotomy, plié Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pliantThe ad reminds readers that there is no income tax in Texas, that the state has budget surpluses and “pliant labor laws.” Texas Calls All Gun-Toting Yanks|David Freedlander|January 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST Bank bosses who refused were simply replaced with pliant sycophants. Hold Onto Your Penis|David Frum, Justin Green|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST He called that pliant decision the biggest mistake of his presidency. Speed Read: The Clinton Tapes|The Daily Beast|September 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST In other times, under other conditions, some pliant and amiable figurehead might serve them well.
But she might better have sent him on ahead, instead of giving him this study of her pliant grace. A Little Girl in Old Detroit|Amanda Minnie Douglas She made no resistance when he threw himself down beside her: she was pliant, her cheek cool, she even looked at him haughtily. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk|Various The girl is a weaker vessel, pliant, submissive to the virago's sexual energy, selected from the class of meretricious ingnues. A Problem in Greek Ethics|John Addington Symonds So she rambled along the creek one afternoon, armed with hook and line on a pliant willow in search of sport. North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for pliant
adjectiveeasily bent; supplea pliant young tree easily modified; adaptable; flexiblea pliant system yielding readily to influence; compliant Derived forms of pliantpliancy or pliantness, nounpliantly, adverbWord Origin for pliantC14: from Old French, from plier to fold, bend; see ply ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pliantdocile, compliant, pliable, supple, malleable, obedient, tractable, yielding, adaptable, elastic, flexible, limber, plastic, amenable, ductile, governable, lissome, manageable, soft, susceptible |