-nt adjective
Etymology: Middle English pliaunt, from Middle French pliant, present participle of plier to bend, ply
1. : yielding readily without breaking : bending or folding easily : flexible , workable , lithe
modeled in the pliant material and then … hardened — Nathaniel Hawthorne
a girl … with a slim, pliant figure — Inez Karma & Gilbert Millstein
2. : easily influenced : yielding
sees the … natives as a pliant mass — J.S.Redding
had a pliant congressional majority — A.S.Link
3. : suitable , apt
which I observing, took once a pliant hour — Shakespeare
4. : lending itself to varied uses : adaptable
a pliant style
the clarinet … a very fluent and pliant instrument — Winthrop Sargeant
Synonyms: see plastic