pliancy
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That pliancy is part of what makes the term fun to use, and also why applying it to anyone so freely is a futile exercise.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Robert Plant’s feckless pliancy throughout is hard to square with the exploratory nature of his later work.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
Over the years, he has honed an instinct for self-preservation through pliancy, deflection, and bemused forbearance.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
Ms. Hulland, a little too dainty when dancing alone, responded to his presence and support with all the ardent pliancy that Ashton famously required of his dancers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2018
Not a trace was left of her former manner; all was ease, pliancy, and elegance.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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