Pliability
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness. countable, uncountable
"A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the ministry; and this was done by sheer force of talent."
- 2 adaptability of mind or character wordnet
- 3 the property of being easily bent without breaking wordnet
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More examples"A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the ministry; and this was done by sheer force of talent."
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