Synonyms for pliability
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : plahy-uh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈplaɪ ə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for pliability
Définition of pliability
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French ploiable "flexible, bendable," from plier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Related: Pliably, pliability.
- noun flexibility
- The grander the nature the greater its pliability towards truth.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
- If I fail, recollect that he is not proverbial for pliability.
- Extract from : « Macaria » by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
- When dried the leather should always be treated with dressing to restore its pliability.
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
- It was not clever to rest so much on the pliability of a “society lady” with whom she was unacquainted.
- Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
- Beneath her pliability she was now all firmness; the pliability had become a mockery.
- Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Thousands of other instances might be adduced to show the pliability of the system.
- Extract from : « Popery » by Edward Hoare
- The man had the tenacity of a Bruce or a Columbus, with a pliability that was all his own.
- Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- But there—with that supply of a convenient fiction—his pliability stopped.
- Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope
- I went, and was much impressed by the length of the flue-brush and its pliability.
- Extract from : « Dimbie and I--and Amelia » by Mabel Barnes-Grundy
- But for once Mr. Harborough's love of sport exceeds his pliability.
- Extract from : « Doctor Cupid » by Rhoda Broughton
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