pliable
adj/ˈplaɪəbəl/
Etymology From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able. Compare pliant.
1
Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
- You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.
2
Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.
- Synonyms
- lithy
- Derived terms
- impliable, nonpliable, pliableness, pliably, unpliable
- Related terms
- pliability, pliancy, pliant, ply