pliable
pronunciation
How to pronounce pliable in British English:
UK [ˈplaɪəbl]
How to pronounce pliable in American English:
US [ˈplaɪəbl]
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- Adjective:
- susceptible to being led or directed
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Word Origin
- pliable
- pliable: see ply
- pliable (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French ploiable "flexible, bendable," from plier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Related: Pliably, pliability.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Want to keep your plaster pliable a bit longer to get it all smoothed out ?
- 2. Better yet , what if plastic was pliable enough to form all sorts of wearable electronics and even implantable medical devices ?
- 3. Moreover , though anatomical sex is binary , mental " gender " is more pliable .
- 4. To create their artificial cephalopod they started with the animal 's literal and metaphorical killer app : its flexible , pliable arms .
- 5. But china does not want what america wants , preferring the dprk 's survival , just with more responsible and pliable leadership .