Pliant

(v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

(v.) Favorable to pliancy.

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• This paint gives a very durable and pliant covering, which does not melt in the greatest heat of summer nor crack or break in the greatest cold. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Papa, don't be stiffclose your fingers; be pliant--there! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Her frost fell away, her rigidity unbent; she grew smiling and pliant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I could resist St. John's wrath: I grew pliant as a reed under his kindness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In a strange and new sense, I grew most selfish, and quite powerless to deny myself the delight of indulging his mood, and being pliant to his will. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He had a gold watch, and a gold curb chain with large gold seals; and he carried a pliant ebony cane with a gold top. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mr. Casaubon kept his hands behind him and allowed her pliant arm to cling with difficulty against his rigid arm. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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