pliability en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
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.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 245:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pliabilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
fi joustavuus (being pliable) · pl elastyczność (being pliable) · el ευλυγισία (being pliable) · bg ковкост (being pliable) · fi taipuisuus (being pliable) · gv so-lhoobaght (being pliable) · el ευκαμψία (being pliable) · bg пластичност (being pliable) · pl sprężystość (being pliable) · de Geschmeidigkeit (being pliable) · ro pliabilitate (being pliable) · pl giętkość (being pliable) · gv lhoobaght (being pliable) · hu alakíthatóság (being pliable) · fi taipuvuus (being pliable) · de Biegsamkeit (being pliable)