Pli"a*ble (?), a. [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See Ply, v.]
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.
"
Pliable she promised to be."
Dr. H. More.
-- Pli"a*ble*ness, n. -- Pli"a*bly, adv.
© Webster 1913.