pliantly

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adverb

In a pliant manner.

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Meanings

adverbpliantly (comparative more pliantly, superlative most pliantly)

comparative more pliantly · superlative most pliantly

  1. In a pliant manner.

    She was tall and pliantly slender, without angularity anywhere.

    1929, Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon

Origin

From pliant + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

pliantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliantly

MLA

“pliantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliantly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pliantly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliantly.

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