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- Dictionarypliability/ˌplʌɪəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
- 1. the quality of being easily bent; flexibility: "an excellent combination of strength, pliability, and elasticity"
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the ability to bend easily into a new shape without breaking or cracking, or the degree to which a substance can do this: The plastic dolls have unusual pliability. These mats have a pliability that allows them to be rolled and used as a funnel. Fewer examples. This product gives the hold of a gel with the pliability of a wax.
1. a. : supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking. b. : yielding readily to others : complaisant. 2. : adjustable to varying conditions. pliability. ˌplī-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē. noun. pliableness. ˈplī-ə-bəl-nəs. noun. pliably. ˈplī-ə-blē. adverb. Synonyms. bendy [ chiefly British] flexible. limber. lissome. lithesome. pliant. supple.
Pliability definition: the quality of being easily bent without breaking; flexibility. See examples of PLIABILITY used in a sentence.
The quality of being flexible, either literally or figuratively, is pliability. The pliability of aluminum foil is what makes it such a great material for wrapping your leftovers — or fashioning a crown for your cat.
adj. 1. Easily bent or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable. 2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: a pliable policy. 3. Easily influenced, persuaded, or controlled: replaced the complainer with a more pliable subordinate. [Middle English, from Old French, from plier, to bend; see pliant .]
A pliable substance bends easily without breaking or cracking: Some kinds of plastic become pliable if they're heated. often disapproving. A pliable person is easily influenced and controlled by other people: He wanted a sweet, pliable, obedient wife. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Flexible, loose and yielding. adrift. bendable. bendy
Pliability definition: The quality or state of being pliable ; flexibility ; pliableness .
