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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.ThesaurusmalleablenessnounThe 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.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeemalleablemalleableness
Synonyms for malleablenessnoun the quality or state of being flexibleSynonyms- bounce
- ductility
- elasticity
- flexibility
- flexibleness
- give
- malleability
- plasticity
- pliability
- pliableness
- pliancy
- pliantness
- resilience
- resiliency
- spring
- springiness
- suppleness
- flexure
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