adjective (written)
1 (of a person or their body) soft and giving way to sb, especially in a sexual way:
her pliant body / lips * She lay pliant in his arms.
2 (sometimes disapproving) willing to accept change; easy to influence or control:
He was deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor. * The government wanted to make the press more pliant.
pliancy noun [U]
pliantly adverb
