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Definition of Pliably
1. pliable [adv] - See also: pliable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pliably
Literary usage of Pliably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social England: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws edited by Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann (1899)
"One of their members defended them, saying that it was impossible to keep the
sacks dry in wet weather, and further that dry sacks would not fit pliably to ..."
2. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"At the very opening of the Assembly it was not easy for the King to find ministers
at all, especially such men as would enter pliably into his not always ..."
3. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"... would enter pliably into his not always consistent views —men, too, whose
fearless firmness would at the same time be a guarantee that they would not be ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Even if there is no ground, as there pliably is not, for the allegation of
Addison's inefficiency in tbr details of business, his unfit ness for such an ..."
5. Social England: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws edited by Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann (1899)
"One of their members defended them, saying that it was impossible to keep the
sacks dry in wet weather, and further that dry sacks would not fit pliably to ..."
6. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"At the very opening of the Assembly it was not easy for the King to find ministers
at all, especially such men as would enter pliably into his not always ..."
7. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"... would enter pliably into his not always consistent views —men, too, whose
fearless firmness would at the same time be a guarantee that they would not be ..."
8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Even if there is no ground, as there pliably is not, for the allegation of
Addison's inefficiency in tbr details of business, his unfit ness for such an ..."
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