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Meanings of pliability in inglés

portugués
elasticidade
catalán
elasticitat

Adaptability of mind or character.

elasticidade

The property of being easily bent without breaking.

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Examples for "bendability"
Examples for "bendability"
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In this study, we examined the effect of N-alkylation on the bendability of the hinge molecule and synthesized a 2,4-dipyrenylmethyl derivative as a proton-selective sensor.
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Usage of pliability in inglés
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Drink, my children; health consists in the pliability and moisture of the parts.
International Short Stories: French
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At most he had loved her nubile young body and pliability.
Fortunate harbor
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And therewith such pliability as the Mother of Love requires of her servants.
The Amazing Marriage — Complete
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The situation was not new, nor was there any novelty in Michael's pliability.
Prisoners: Fast Bound In Misery And Iron
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His apparent pliability hid a dexterity which evaded every recognized principle.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
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He had a steely colourlessness, and a steely pliability, and a steely strength.
Eminent Victorians
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Nevertheless, he had courage, pliability, and a turn for political adventure.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 27: 1577-78
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Her very pliability has rescued her from being utterly squashed long ere this!
Evan Harrington — Volume 4
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Beneath her pliability she was now all firmness; the pliability had become a mockery.
A Far Country — Volume 3
10
His policy wanted pliability, the only virtue which was here indispensable to its success.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
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He had all a true vagabond's pliability to circumstances and adaptiveness to momentary surroundings.
An Outcast of the Islands
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In his nature, there is the fatal pliability which finds companionable qualities in bad friends.
Blind Love
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This pliability on the part of the vanquished, however was not mere patience and resignation.
The History of Rome, Book III / From the Union of Italy to the S...
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Eh? Wertz had joined his mate, and both were working pliability into their frozen moccasins.
The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
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His religious enthusiasm stopped short of fanaticism; his pliability would not bend so low as duplicity.
The Slave of the Lamp
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And therewith such pliability as the Mother of
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 3
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Translations for pliability
portugués
elasticidade
catalán
elasticitat
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