- 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 John Morley
It is certain this pliableness and facility are very liable to abuse.
From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin
This trait of the young poet speaks sufficiently for itself;—the sensibility, the temper, the ingenuous pliableness which it exhibits, show a disposition capable, by nature, of every thing we most respect and love.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
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 George Gillespie
The very versatility and pliableness, so loudly condemned in his former situation, is now an additional recommendation.
From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin
