Definition of pliant in English:

pliant

adjective ˈplʌɪəntˈplaɪənt

1Easily bent.
pliant willow stems
柔韧的柳树茎。
Example sentencesExamples
- At first glance, the powered parachute appears a hermaphroditic aircraft - half loud, thrusting engine, half soft, pliant airfoil.
- There the pillow would have awaited a weary child, come to nestle his head against its pliant form after a morning swimming at the beach.
- Most readers will be familiar with the various physical exercises and postures of yoga, the purpose of which is to make the body supple, pliant, and healthy.
- Her heart, like a girl's upon glimpsing a bride, beat faster at what she saw; a woman with large eyes and long hair down to her waist, her body pliant.
- Her soft pliant body molded perfectly against him.
- I heard it, felt it, saw it, sensed it - yet I couldn't tell if I were dreaming or if the pliant soft flesh against my lips was real.
- A lazy grin spreading over his sleepy face, Shanza burrowed into the heat happily, nose pressed against something soft and pliant.
- From olden times the principle of gentleness has been symbolized by a willow branch or a bamboo, which is pliant and not easily broken.
- Now is the time to try for puppies, while her bones remain pliant for easy delivery and we have more free time now that Grandma no longer needs our presence.
- A different set of lips, soft and pliant, not demanding, rained kisses down his throat, then stopped.
- He took his arms away from her soft, pliant, warm waist, and shivered at the sudden cold, before falling backwards and stumbling off the bed.
- This makes the leather soft and pliant, and suitable for such things as clothing.
- She had missed those soft, full, and pliant lips.
- Whatever halted their ungainly landing recovery, however, was a great deal softer and more pliant than the opposing wall of the tunnel would have been.
- She threw enough flour in the pot for the batter to finally seem doughy, and it began to feel soft and pliant and I could take it out of the mixing pot to knead it.
- The fabrics are soft and pliant, in silk and cashmere blends, while the colors revolve around a strong palette of slate and off-blacks, accented with brights such as yellow and sky blue.
2Easily influenced or directed; yielding.
a more pliant prime minister
〈喻〉更加圆通的首相。
Example sentencesExamples
- Kids further down the show business food chain are more pliant.
- They found a pliant county attorney to bring the charge, which alleged a violation of campaign finance laws based - really - on a ‘thank you’ letter that Ron wrote.
- Doesn't this travesty cast into doubt the whole case for combining an empowered president with a pliant court?
- He thought about Susan's soft and pliant nakedness that one Sunday.
- The regime reduced the two officially tolerated political parties to pliant ineffectuality.
- For more than 40 years, comparing an administration's enemies to Hitler has been a reliable way to convince a pliant media and unquestioning public to go to war.
- Men like this are remarkably pliant when their children are involved.
- It is because it is a major petroleum producer and they want to get their hands on its resources and install a pliant puppet regime there.
- A pliant corporate media proclaimed Harris' testimony proof of his political fortitude.
- Youth naturally, in their abundance of hormones coupled with a paucity of experience, have a more pliant interest in entertaining various forms of sexual expression.
- In other words, while in office these officers are pliant enough, and suddenly, when appointed to ‘independent’ constitutional posts, they begin to assert themselves.
- It is reported that a substantial number of enterprises are considering moving their production lines to China and other developing countries because of cheaper labor costs and pliant workers there.
- We need leaders who are pliant enough to bend from their unflinching stand on issues, who are ready to sacrifice the short-term goals of their own survival for the greater good of humanity.
- They put out a simplistic script of ‘good vs evil ‘that was taken up by a pliant and intimidated media.’
- In this way, we are training our mind to be more pliant and supple.
- At the very least, such policies might produce a larger body of literate, more pliant workers.
- Trinity was pliant and soft against him, her body molding to his.
- I remain soft, weak, and pliant, slowly moving between them.
- Ironically, domestic workers also opposed the move because they feared that companies would be inclined to employ the cheaper, more pliant and hard-working foreign nationals rather than Koreans.
- Sure, maybe I've got a hard shell, but inside I'm soft and pliant like the rest?
Synonyms
compliant, biddable, docile, tractable, yielding, malleable, manageable, governable, controllable, amenable, accommodating, susceptible, suggestible, easily influenced, influenceable, persuadable, manipulable, like putty in one's hands, responsive, receptive
rare persuasible, suasible, susceptive

Derivatives

pliancy

noun ˈplʌɪənsiˈplaɪənsi

Strength of mind and pliancy are the causes and result of cheerfulness.
Example sentencesExamples
- A little pliancy in the mind of an investigator can't hurt either.
- She is blessed with an exotic natural beauty and a porcelain fragility which cleverly disguises her great pliancy and strong technique.
- Judo, the way of gentleness and pliancy, is one such path.
- These movements are delivered with pliancy and arranged sensually in minimalist sequences.

pliantly
柔韧的，易弯的；灵活的，圆通的

adverb

Because of the newly discovered way of taking the thread diagonally, the textile fell pliantly.
Example sentencesExamples
- The performance, pliantly conducted by a visiting conductor, also delivered an honest-to-goodness duet, a first for Morris here.
- Throughout his examination, Tadese sat motionless, submitting so pliantly as to give the impression of not being there at all.
- A flexible braking surface of that type can be simply configured as a sheet metal plate or fabric which is pliantly bendable in every direction.
- She shielded it from the possibility of rain all the more pliantly after reading in its margin: ‘Free to be considered your property.’

Origin

Middle English: from French, literally 'bending', present participle of plier.

Rhymes

affiant, Bryant, client, compliant, defiant, giant, reliant

Definition of pliant in US English:

pliant

adjectiveˈplīəntˈplaɪənt

Pliable.
柔韧的，易弯的；灵活的，圆通的
pliant willow stems
柔韧的柳树茎。
figurative an economy pliant to political will
Example sentencesExamples
- Most readers will be familiar with the various physical exercises and postures of yoga, the purpose of which is to make the body supple, pliant, and healthy.
- From olden times the principle of gentleness has been symbolized by a willow branch or a bamboo, which is pliant and not easily broken.
- She threw enough flour in the pot for the batter to finally seem doughy, and it began to feel soft and pliant and I could take it out of the mixing pot to knead it.
- Now is the time to try for puppies, while her bones remain pliant for easy delivery and we have more free time now that Grandma no longer needs our presence.
- The fabrics are soft and pliant, in silk and cashmere blends, while the colors revolve around a strong palette of slate and off-blacks, accented with brights such as yellow and sky blue.
- There the pillow would have awaited a weary child, come to nestle his head against its pliant form after a morning swimming at the beach.
- At first glance, the powered parachute appears a hermaphroditic aircraft - half loud, thrusting engine, half soft, pliant airfoil.
- A different set of lips, soft and pliant, not demanding, rained kisses down his throat, then stopped.
- Her heart, like a girl's upon glimpsing a bride, beat faster at what she saw; a woman with large eyes and long hair down to her waist, her body pliant.
- Whatever halted their ungainly landing recovery, however, was a great deal softer and more pliant than the opposing wall of the tunnel would have been.
- I heard it, felt it, saw it, sensed it - yet I couldn't tell if I were dreaming or if the pliant soft flesh against my lips was real.
- He took his arms away from her soft, pliant, warm waist, and shivered at the sudden cold, before falling backwards and stumbling off the bed.
- This makes the leather soft and pliant, and suitable for such things as clothing.
- She had missed those soft, full, and pliant lips.
- A lazy grin spreading over his sleepy face, Shanza burrowed into the heat happily, nose pressed against something soft and pliant.
- Her soft pliant body molded perfectly against him.

Origin

Middle English: from French, literally ‘bending’, present participle of plier.

词汇	pliant
释义	Definition of pliant in English: pliant adjective ˈplʌɪəntˈplaɪənt 1Easily bent. pliant willow stems 柔韧的柳树茎。 Example sentencesExamples At first glance, the powered parachute appears a hermaphroditic aircraft - half loud, thrusting engine, half soft, pliant airfoil. There the pillow would have awaited a weary child, come to nestle his head against its pliant form after a morning swimming at the beach. Most readers will be familiar with the various physical exercises and postures of yoga, the purpose of which is to make the body supple, pliant, and healthy. Her heart, like a girl's upon glimpsing a bride, beat faster at what she saw; a woman with large eyes and long hair down to her waist, her body pliant. Her soft pliant body molded perfectly against him. I heard it, felt it, saw it, sensed it - yet I couldn't tell if I were dreaming or if the pliant soft flesh against my lips was real. A lazy grin spreading over his sleepy face, Shanza burrowed into the heat happily, nose pressed against something soft and pliant. From olden times the principle of gentleness has been symbolized by a willow branch or a bamboo, which is pliant and not easily broken. Now is the time to try for puppies, while her bones remain pliant for easy delivery and we have more free time now that Grandma no longer needs our presence. A different set of lips, soft and pliant, not demanding, rained kisses down his throat, then stopped. He took his arms away from her soft, pliant, warm waist, and shivered at the sudden cold, before falling backwards and stumbling off the bed. This makes the leather soft and pliant, and suitable for such things as clothing. She had missed those soft, full, and pliant lips. Whatever halted their ungainly landing recovery, however, was a great deal softer and more pliant than the opposing wall of the tunnel would have been. She threw enough flour in the pot for the batter to finally seem doughy, and it began to feel soft and pliant and I could take it out of the mixing pot to knead it. The fabrics are soft and pliant, in silk and cashmere blends, while the colors revolve around a strong palette of slate and off-blacks, accented with brights such as yellow and sky blue. 2Easily influenced or directed; yielding. a more pliant prime minister 〈喻〉更加圆通的首相。 Example sentencesExamples Kids further down the show business food chain are more pliant. They found a pliant county attorney to bring the charge, which alleged a violation of campaign finance laws based - really - on a ‘thank you’ letter that Ron wrote. Doesn't this travesty cast into doubt the whole case for combining an empowered president with a pliant court? He thought about Susan's soft and pliant nakedness that one Sunday. The regime reduced the two officially tolerated political parties to pliant ineffectuality. For more than 40 years, comparing an administration's enemies to Hitler has been a reliable way to convince a pliant media and unquestioning public to go to war. Men like this are remarkably pliant when their children are involved. It is because it is a major petroleum producer and they want to get their hands on its resources and install a pliant puppet regime there. A pliant corporate media proclaimed Harris' testimony proof of his political fortitude. Youth naturally, in their abundance of hormones coupled with a paucity of experience, have a more pliant interest in entertaining various forms of sexual expression. In other words, while in office these officers are pliant enough, and suddenly, when appointed to ‘independent’ constitutional posts, they begin to assert themselves. It is reported that a substantial number of enterprises are considering moving their production lines to China and other developing countries because of cheaper labor costs and pliant workers there. We need leaders who are pliant enough to bend from their unflinching stand on issues, who are ready to sacrifice the short-term goals of their own survival for the greater good of humanity. They put out a simplistic script of ‘good vs evil ‘that was taken up by a pliant and intimidated media.’ In this way, we are training our mind to be more pliant and supple. At the very least, such policies might produce a larger body of literate, more pliant workers. Trinity was pliant and soft against him, her body molding to his. I remain soft, weak, and pliant, slowly moving between them. Ironically, domestic workers also opposed the move because they feared that companies would be inclined to employ the cheaper, more pliant and hard-working foreign nationals rather than Koreans. Sure, maybe I've got a hard shell, but inside I'm soft and pliant like the rest? Synonyms compliant, biddable, docile, tractable, yielding, malleable, manageable, governable, controllable, amenable, accommodating, susceptible, suggestible, easily influenced, influenceable, persuadable, manipulable, like putty in one's hands, responsive, receptive rare persuasible, suasible, susceptive Derivatives pliancy noun ˈplʌɪənsiˈplaɪənsi Strength of mind and pliancy are the causes and result of cheerfulness. Example sentencesExamples A little pliancy in the mind of an investigator can't hurt either. She is blessed with an exotic natural beauty and a porcelain fragility which cleverly disguises her great pliancy and strong technique. Judo, the way of gentleness and pliancy, is one such path. These movements are delivered with pliancy and arranged sensually in minimalist sequences. pliantly 柔韧的，易弯的；灵活的，圆通的 adverb Because of the newly discovered way of taking the thread diagonally, the textile fell pliantly. Example sentencesExamples The performance, pliantly conducted by a visiting conductor, also delivered an honest-to-goodness duet, a first for Morris here. Throughout his examination, Tadese sat motionless, submitting so pliantly as to give the impression of not being there at all. A flexible braking surface of that type can be simply configured as a sheet metal plate or fabric which is pliantly bendable in every direction. She shielded it from the possibility of rain all the more pliantly after reading in its margin: ‘Free to be considered your property.’ Origin Middle English: from French, literally 'bending', present participle of plier. Rhymes affiant, Bryant, client, compliant, defiant, giant, reliant Definition of pliant in US English: pliant adjectiveˈplīəntˈplaɪənt Pliable. 柔韧的，易弯的；灵活的，圆通的 pliant willow stems 柔韧的柳树茎。 figurative an economy pliant to political will Example sentencesExamples Most readers will be familiar with the various physical exercises and postures of yoga, the purpose of which is to make the body supple, pliant, and healthy. From olden times the principle of gentleness has been symbolized by a willow branch or a bamboo, which is pliant and not easily broken. She threw enough flour in the pot for the batter to finally seem doughy, and it began to feel soft and pliant and I could take it out of the mixing pot to knead it. Now is the time to try for puppies, while her bones remain pliant for easy delivery and we have more free time now that Grandma no longer needs our presence. The fabrics are soft and pliant, in silk and cashmere blends, while the colors revolve around a strong palette of slate and off-blacks, accented with brights such as yellow and sky blue. There the pillow would have awaited a weary child, come to nestle his head against its pliant form after a morning swimming at the beach. At first glance, the powered parachute appears a hermaphroditic aircraft - half loud, thrusting engine, half soft, pliant airfoil. A different set of lips, soft and pliant, not demanding, rained kisses down his throat, then stopped. Her heart, like a girl's upon glimpsing a bride, beat faster at what she saw; a woman with large eyes and long hair down to her waist, her body pliant. Whatever halted their ungainly landing recovery, however, was a great deal softer and more pliant than the opposing wall of the tunnel would have been. I heard it, felt it, saw it, sensed it - yet I couldn't tell if I were dreaming or if the pliant soft flesh against my lips was real. He took his arms away from her soft, pliant, warm waist, and shivered at the sudden cold, before falling backwards and stumbling off the bed. This makes the leather soft and pliant, and suitable for such things as clothing. She had missed those soft, full, and pliant lips. A lazy grin spreading over his sleepy face, Shanza burrowed into the heat happily, nose pressed against something soft and pliant. Her soft pliant body molded perfectly against him. Origin Middle English: from French, literally ‘bending’, present participle of plier.
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