pliable

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

1 easy to bend without breaking: The plant has long pliable stems. 2 (of people) easy to influence or control: He'd always thought of her as pliable.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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pliableEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus pliableEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary pliableEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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pled pledge plenary plenipotentiary plenitude plenteous plentiful plenty plenum plethora pleurisy

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