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Pliancy
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pliancy
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, bounce*, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring*, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flexibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elasticity, adaptability |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, springiness, suppleness, tensility, tractability |
| Antonyms: | constraint, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance |
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charm, loveliness |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, agility, allure, attractiveness, balance, beauty, breeding, comeliness, consideration, cultivation, decency, decorum, dexterity, dignity, ease, elegance, etiquette, finesse, finish, form, gracefulness, lissomeness, lithesomeness, mannerliness, manners, nimbleness, pleasantness, pliancy, poise, polish, propriety, refinement, shapeliness, smoothness, style, suppleness, symmetry, tact, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, ineptness, tactlessness |
| Main Entry: | instability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imbalance, inconstancy |
| Synonyms: | alternation, anxiety, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, disequilibrium, disquiet, fickleness, fitfulness, flightiness, fluctuation, fluidity, frailty, hesitation, immaturity, impermanence, inconsistency, inquietude, insecurity, irregularity, irresolution, mutability, oscillation, pliancy, precariousness, restlessness, shakiness, transience, uncertainty, unfixedness, unpredictability, unreliability, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, volatility, vulnerability, wavering, weakness |
| Antonyms: | balance, constancy, soundness, stability, steadfastness |
| Main Entry: | adaptability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | changeability |
| Synonyms: | adjustability, ambidexterity, compliancy, conformability, flexibility, malleability, plasticity, pliancy, versatility |
| Main Entry: | gentleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical sensitivity |
| Synonyms: | delicacy, fragility, mildness, pliability, pliancy, smoothness, softness, sweetness, tenderness |
| Antonyms: | hardness, imperviousness, roughness |
| Main Entry: | impressibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | susceptibility |
| Synonyms: | affectability, emotionality, flexibility, impressionability, perceptivity, plasticity, pliancy, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentimentality, susceptibleness, tenderness |
| Main Entry: | resilience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elasticity |
| Synonyms: | flexibility, pliancy, recoil, snap |
| Main Entry: | ductility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flexibility |
| Synonyms: | compliance, ductileness, elasticity, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, tractability, tractableness |
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