- a variation of pliability.
pliableness
Example Sentences
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But who does not feel in the son the serious charm of a power of adaptation and pliableness which we can never associate with the hardy and more rigorous nature of the other?
From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography by Morley, John
It is certain this pliableness and facility are very liable to abuse.
From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William
Friedland, battle of, iii. 30-33; the campaign reviewed, 32-37; Alexander's pliableness after, 351; battle of, compares with that at Beresina, iv.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
The goodliest minds are those that have most variety and pliableness in them....
From Montaigne and Shakspere by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)
I wish his words might hold true in a sense of pliableness and yielding to government.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
