- pliancy
- noun Date: 1632 the quality or state of being pliant
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pliancy
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Pliancy — Pli an*cy, n. The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod. Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pliancy — index amenability, compliance, credulity, discipline (obedience) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pliancy — pliant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ pliable. DERIVATIVES pliancy noun pliantly adverb … English terms dictionary
pliancy — See pliant. * * * … Universalium
pliancy — noun The quality of being pliant … Wiktionary
pliancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being flexible: bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring,… … English dictionary for students
pliancy — pli·an·cy || plaɪənsɪ n. flexibility; being bendable; being easily influenced … English contemporary dictionary
pliancy — n. 1. See pliability. 2. Docility, readiness to be influenced, ductility … New dictionary of synonyms
pliancy — pli·an·cy … English syllables
pliancy — noun 1. the property of being pliant and flexible • Syn: ↑pliantness, ↑suppleness • Derivationally related forms: ↑supple (for: ↑suppleness), ↑pliant (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
