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The definition of pliable is a person or thing that bends or is easily influenced.

(adjective)

An example of a pliable tool is a rubber spatula.
An example of a pliable person is someone changing their mind about where they want to eat after very little urging from other people.

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See pliable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

easily bent or molded; flexible
easily influenced or persuaded; tractable
adjusting readily; adaptable

Origin: LME plyable < MFr < plier, to bend, fold < L plicare, to fold, bend: see ply

Related Forms:

pliability noun or pliableness
pliably adverb

See pliable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Easily bent or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable.
Receptive to change; adaptable: pliable attitudes.
Easily influenced, persuaded, or swayed; tractable.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from plier, to bend; see pliant

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Related Forms:

pliˌa·bilˈi·ty, pliˈa·ble·ness noun

pliˈa·bly adverb

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