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Meanings of
pliability
in English
Portuguese
elasticidade
Catalan
elasticitat
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Adaptability of mind or character.
suppleness
pliancy
pliantness
Portuguese
elasticidade
The property of being easily bent without breaking.
bendability
Usage of
pliability
in English
1
Drink, my children; health consists in the
pliability
and moisture of the parts.
2
At most he had loved her nubile young body and
pliability
.
3
And therewith such
pliability
as the Mother of Love requires of her servants.
4
The situation was not new, nor was there any novelty in Michael's
pliability
.
5
His apparent
pliability
hid a dexterity which evaded every recognized principle.
6
He had a steely colourlessness, and a steely
pliability
,
and a steely strength.
7
Nevertheless, he had courage,
pliability
,
and a turn for political adventure.
8
Her very
pliability
has rescued her from being utterly squashed long ere this!
9
Beneath her
pliability
she was now all firmness; the
pliability
had become a mockery.
10
His policy wanted
pliability
,
the only virtue which was here indispensable to its success.
11
He had all a true vagabond's
pliability
to circumstances and adaptiveness to momentary surroundings.
12
In his nature, there is the fatal
pliability
which finds companionable qualities in bad friends.
13
This
pliability
on the part of the vanquished, however was not mere patience and resignation.
14
Eh? Wertz had joined his mate, and both were working
pliability
into their frozen moccasins.
15
His religious enthusiasm stopped short of fanaticism; his
pliability
would not bend so low as duplicity.
16
And therewith such
pliability
as the Mother of
Other examples for "pliability"
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About this term
pliability
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
apparent pliability
such pliability
wonderful pliability
acquire a pliability
admit the pliability
More collocations
Translations for
pliability
Portuguese
elasticidade
Catalan
elasticitat
Pliability
through the time
Pliability
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common