pliability

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pliancy bendability pliantness suppleness give flex spring soft flexible flexibility mobility compliance submission bounce agility
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Antonyms

violence severity hardness intolerance rigidity austerity
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Hypernyms

flexibility adaptability flexibleness

Hyponyms

pliancy pliantness suppleness

Examples

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. Bruce Lee

Generally, I dislike fixedness in both long swords and hands. Fixedness means a dead hand. Pliability is a living hand. You must bear this in mind. Miyamoto Musashi

Our activity should consist in placing ourselves in a state of susceptibility to Divine impressions, and pliability to all the operations of the Eternal Word. Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

To understand oneself, one needs enormous pliability, and that pliability is denied when we specialize in devotion, in action, in knowledge. Jiddu Krishnamurti

he was valued for his reliability and pliability Source: Internet

he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pleyt PLF PlGF pliable pliableness pliably