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Meanings of pliable in English

Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.

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Able to adjust readily to different conditions.

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Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.

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Susceptible to being led or directed.

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Examples for "fictile"
Examples for "fictile"
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The fictile art is the offshoot and has within itself no predilection for decoration.
A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of...
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Art, textile and fictile, degree of Pueblo advancement in
A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola / Eighth Annu...
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His pasty, fictile expression was unreadable.
The last page
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From him Francesco Xanto caught Something of his transcendent grace, And into fictile fabrics wrought Suggestions of the master's thought.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Dr. Klemm long ago pointed out that the oldest German fictile vases have an ornamentation in which plaiting is imitated by incised lines.
Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Sci...
Usage of pliable in English
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It is pliable as wax; you can mould it by your will.
A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future
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A coil of strong, pliable wire had been included in our material.
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
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Cheesecloth is the softest, most pliable material, and the most easily managed.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
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While the tofu cooks, let them heat enough to become just pliable.
The food matters cookbook: 500 revolutionary recipes for better ...
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MRI supported these findings and showed pliable xenograft cusps in all patients.
Pubmed
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As malleable and pliable as language is, it can still be broken.
The Irish Times
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All should take enough exercise to keep the spine straight and pliable.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
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My dad was a teacher; he was pliable and supportive and useless.
Allegiant
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He felt her body all the length of his, soft and pliable.
Death of a Red Heroine
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They had discovered a process to render it as pliable as rubber.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
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The covering was pliable, light blue with indefinite green stripes-herfavorite colors.
Blood music
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When the pancetta is completely firm but pliable like leather, it's ready.
Radio NZ
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At one moment he will be adamant, at another yielding and pliable.
For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in O...
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Gutta percha, for instance, is pliable and tough though not very elastic.
Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Ch...
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It glittered like silver, yet was soft and pliable as lamb's wool.
The Master Key / An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Myste...
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He's right, of course: we definitely need considerably more pliable females.
The Guardian
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