Pliant means that it can be bent without snapping.
Pliant means that it can be bent without snapping.
The pliant branches of the willow tree swayed gently in the breeze.
compliant, docile, obedient, pliable, tractable, yielding are synonyms for pliant.
what is the conflict of a story of a pliant like the
The rubber gaskets are usually pliant but stiffen in very cold temperatures. (metaphor) The pliant minds of the children accepted the sea captain's tall tales as true stories.
The pliant piece of wood was bending so much it snapped.
obedient
The pliant bamboo bends with the wind during the storm but still stands upright once the storm is gone.
flexible, easily bent
in "Alchemist"
Every personality is different and therefore pliant is going to describe a personality which is easily influenced or formed. As every personality is going to be slightly different to another there is going to be some aspect of pliant personality in each and every one of us as we all have different aspects which are going to shine through at different times. If someone seem a bit more pliant than someone else then you can assume that this is going to be a pliant personality to a higher degree than others, but this doesn't meant that the person is going to be pliant all of the time as this is simply impossible as we all have different aspects to our personality.