Pliable

a.	1.	Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
	2.	Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; - sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.

Adj.	1.	pliable - susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" Synonyms: fictile
	2.	pliable - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" Synonyms: elastic, pliant, flexible
	3.	pliable - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" Synonyms: bendable, pliant
	4.	pliable - 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" Synonyms: tractile, tensile, ductile, malleable, pliant

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