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