pliability
noun
the quality of being easily bent without breaking; flexibility.
pliableness
-
a variation of
pliability.
- a word derived from pliable.
Example Sentences
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The goodliest minds are those that have most variety and pliableness in them....
From Montaigne and Shakspere by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
His good nature, his benevolence, and the pliableness of his disposition may surely be allowed to compensate for many defects.
From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by William Godwin
This trait of the young poet speaks sufficiently for itself;—the sensibility, the temper, the ingenuous pliableness which it exhibits, show a disposition capable, by nature, of every thing we most respect and love.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
The very versatility and pliableness, so loudly condemned in his former situation, is now an additional recommendation.
From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin
Friedland, battle of, iii. 30-33; the campaign reviewed, 32-37; Alexander's pliableness after, 351; battle of, compares with that at Beresina, iv.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
