Thesaurus / pliancy
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Savoy’s pliant leaves make it a great choice for rolling and stuffing.
CABBAGE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU. HERE’S HOW TO GIVE IT THE RESPECT IT DESERVES.AARON HUTCHERSONFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEach persimmon must be peeled, tied, hung, and gently massaged every day for four to six weeks, until they reach the perfect level of dried-yet-pliant texture and darkly sweet, warm spice-y flavor.
THE ART OF HOSHIGAKI AT HOMEJAMIE FELDMARJANUARY 7, 2021EATERIs it a trifle that we temper energy with softness, strength with flexibility, capaciousness of sound with pliancy of idiom?
SPARE HOURSJOHN BROWNHating her, he put his arms about her, and when her body suddenly relaxed he resented its unexpected pliancy.
NARCISSUSEVELYN SCOTTHis nature, however, did not display the gentle pliancy of Mendelssohn's.
HISTORY OF THE JEWS, VOL. V (OF 6)HEINRICH GRAETZThere is a pliancy and a brilliancy about him which make him one of the most delightful companions.
THE LIFE OF MRS. HUMPHRY WARDJANET PENROSE TREVELYANAt the same time, her motions were not awkward; she managed her rectilinear body with a surprising ease and pliancy.
AN AMBITIOUS WOMANEDGAR FAWCETTNowhere has the author's marvellous power of expression, the mingled dignity and pliancy of her style, obtained a greater triumph.
VIEWS AND REVIEWSHENRY JAMESThis produced pliancy of the body, and induced a healthy condition of the loins and adjacent organs.
AN AMBITIOUS MANELLA WHEELER WILCOXAs he watched her uncovering it, he was pleased with the grace of her arms and the pliancy of her slight figure.
NEW GRUB STREETGEORGE GISSINGWORDS RELATED TO PLIANCY
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecureness
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- variability
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
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