Category:Pliable

Pli"a*ble, a. Etym: [f., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See ply, v.]

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.