<adj.all> fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
<adj.all> ductile copper malleable metals such as gold they soaked the leather to made it pliable pliant molten glass made of highly tensile steel alloy
able to adjust readily to different conditions
<adj.all> an adaptable person a flexible personality an elastic clause in a contract
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
<adj.all> a flexible wire a pliant young tree
Pliable \Pli"a*ble\, a. [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See {Ply}, v.] 1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth. ``Pliable she promised to be.'' --Dr. H. More. ※ -- {Pli"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pli"a*bly}, adv.
Patients undergo general anesthesia and are injected with a salt-water solution to make the fat pliable.
With the departure of Mr. Bracher and the arrival of a more pliable central bank governor, they are likely to be reflected more transparently in economic policy.
Mrs. Gandhi was installed as prime minister in 1966 by men who thought she would be pliable.