pliable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite susceptible to being led or directed
    fictile.
    • fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
  2. adjective satellite capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
    ductile; malleable; tensile; pliant; tractile.
    • ductile copper
    • malleable metals such as gold
    • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
    • pliant molten glass
    • made of highly tensile steel alloy
  3. adjective satellite able to adjust readily to different conditions
    flexible; pliant; elastic.
    • an adaptable person
    • a flexible personality
    • an elastic clause in a contract
  4. adjective satellite capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
    waxy; pliant; bendable.
    • a flexible wire
    • a pliant young tree

WordNet

Pli"a*ble adjective
Etymology
F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See Ply, v.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913