Meanings
plural pliabilities
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
1 more example
A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the ministry; and this was done by sheer force of talent.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 245
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe property of being easily bent without breaking
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian пластичност, ковкост
- пластичност (plastičnost)being pliable
- ковкост (kovkost)being pliable
Finnish taipuvuus, joustavuus
- taipuvuusbeing pliable
- joustavuusbeing pliable
- taipuisuusbeing pliable
German Biegsamkeit, Geschmeidigkeit
- Biegsamkeitbeing pliable
- Geschmeidigkeitbeing pliable
Greek ευκαμψία, ευλυγισία
- ευκαμψία (efkampsía)being pliable
- ευλυγισία (evlygisía)being pliable
Hungarian alakíthatóság
- alakíthatóságbeing pliable
Polish elastyczność, giętkość
- elastycznośćbeing pliable
- giętkośćbeing pliable
- sprężystośćbeing pliable
Romanian pliabilitate
- pliabilitatebeing pliable
Cite this entry
pliability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliability
“pliability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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