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pliant adjective [ ˈplʌɪənt ]

• easily bent.
• "pliant willow stems"
• easily influenced or directed; yielding.
• "a more pliant prime minister"
Similar: compliant, biddable, docile, tractable, yielding, malleable, manageable, governable, controllable, amenable, accommodating, susceptible, suggestible, easily influenced, influenceable, persuadable, manipulable, like putty in one's hands, responsive, receptive, persuasible, suasible, susceptive,
Origin: Middle English: from French, literally ‘bending’, present participle of plier .


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