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(satellite adjective) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" |
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Synonyms: bendable, pliant |
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(satellite adjective) susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" |
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Synonyms: fictile |
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(satellite adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" |
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Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile |
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(satellite adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" |
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Synonyms: elastic, flexible, pliant |
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