Definition of Pliably

1. Adverb. In a pliable manner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pliably

1. pliable [adv] - See also: pliable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pliably

plexus venosus uterinus
plexus venosus vertebralis
plexus venosus vesicalis
plexus vertebralis
plexus vesicalis
plexus vesicalis inferior
plexuses
pleyt
pleyts
pliabilities
pliability
pliable
pliableness
pliablenesses
pliably (current term)
pliancies
pliancy
pliant
pliantly
pliantness
pliantnesses
plica
plica aryepiglottica
plica axillaris
plica caecalis vascularis
plica chordae tympani
plica choroidea
plica duodenalis inferior
plica duodenalis superior

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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