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Definition of pliable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pliable

adjective
 
/ˈplaɪəbl/
 
/ˈplaɪəbl/
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  1. easy to bend without breaking synonym flexible
    • The plant has long pliable stems.
  2. (of people) easy to influence or control synonym impressionable
    • He’d always thought of her as pliable. How wrong he was!
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from French, from plier ‘to bend’, from Latin plicare ‘to fold’.
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