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单词 malleableness
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malleableness


mal·le·a·ble

M0062700 (măl′ē-ə-bəl)adj.1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.2. Easily controlled or influenced: "The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).3. a. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: a malleable leader unafraid to compromise.b. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: the malleable rhythms of jazz.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
mal′le·a·bil′i·ty, mal′le·a·ble·ness n.mal′le·a·bly adv.Synonyms: malleable, ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant
These adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass.
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malleableness

nounThe quality or state of being flexible:bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleability, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness.Obsolete: flexure.
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malleabilità
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malleableness


  • noun

Synonyms for malleableness

noun the quality or state of being flexible

Synonyms

  • bounce
  • ductility
  • elasticity
  • flexibility
  • flexibleness
  • give
  • malleability
  • plasticity
  • pliability
  • pliableness
  • pliancy
  • pliantness
  • resilience
  • resiliency
  • spring
  • springiness
  • suppleness
  • flexure
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