Pliability
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pliability is a noun meaning The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
Meaning
The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
Example Sentences
A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the ministry; and this was done by sheer force of talent.
Word Forms
- pliabilities
Synonyms for pliability
Depending on context, synonyms include pliancy, pliantness, bendability.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bendability, pliancy, pliantness, flexibility, flexibleness, plasticity.
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