Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pliable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pliable \Pli"a*ble\, a. [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See
{Ply}, v.]
1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent;
flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is
a pliable plant.
2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence,
arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be
persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable
youth. ``Pliable she promised to be.'' --Dr. H. More. --
{Pli"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pli"a*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pliable
adj 1: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of
people ripe for propaganda" [syn: {fictile}]
2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an
adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic
clause in a contract" [syn: {elastic}, {flexible}, {pliant}]
3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable},
{pliant}]
4: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the
leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made
of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable},
{pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}]
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