adj.

1. Easily bent or shaped. See synonyms at malleable.
2. Receptive to change; adaptable: pliable attitudes.
3. Easily influenced, persuaded, or swayed; tractable.

[Middle English, from Old French, from plier, to bend. See pliant.]

pliability pli'a·bil'i·ty or pli'a·ble·ness n.
pliably pli'a·bly adv.

adjective

1. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliant, supple, workable. See flexible/rigid.
2. Capable of adapting or being adapted: adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, elastic, flexible, malleable, pliant, supple. See change/persist.
3. Easily altered or influenced: ductile, elastic, flexible, flexile, impressionable, malleable, plastic, pliant, suggestible, supple. See flexible/rigid.

adj

Definition: bendable, adaptable
Antonyms: inadaptable, inflexible, intractable, rigid, stiff, unbendable, unpliable, unpliant, unyielding

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IN BRIEF: Easy to bend; flexible. Also: Easy to influence or persuade.

The glass ceiling gets more pliable when you turn up the heat. — Pauline R. Kezer

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bøjelig, eftergivende

Nederlands (Dutch)
buigbaar, beïnvloedbaar

Français (French)
adj. - flexible, malléable, pliable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - biegsam, nachgiebig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εύκαμπτος, εύπλαστος, ευλύγιστος, (μτφ.) ευπροσάρμοστος

Italiano (Italian)
flessibile, pieghevole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - flexível, maleável, dócil

Русский (Russian)
гибкий, уступчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - flexible, dócil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - böjlig, mjuk, foglig, eftergiven

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
易曲折的, 圆滑的, 柔软的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易曲折的, 圓滑的, 柔軟的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 휘기 쉬운, 나긋나긋한, 융통성 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 曲げやすい, 従順な, 素直な, すぐ影響される

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سهل الطي او الحني, مرن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גמיש, נוח לעיצוב, קל להשפעה, צייתן, כפיף‬

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