pliant
adjective
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable.
pliancy
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a word derived from
pliant.
Example Sentences
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That pliancy is part of what makes the term fun to use, and also why applying it to anyone so freely is a futile exercise.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
“Pero No Te Enamores” is Fuerza Regida’s most ambitious project to date, one that puts the pliancy of musica Méxicana to the test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
Robert Plant’s feckless pliancy throughout is hard to square with the exploratory nature of his later work.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
Over the years, he has honed an instinct for self-preservation through pliancy, deflection, and bemused forbearance.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
It had been his power to concede, his amiable pliancy, wed with a peculiar intellectual shrewdness, that had gone far toward the accomplishment of his phenomenal successes.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
