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Definition of Pliantness

1. Noun. The property of being pliant and flexible.

2. Noun. Adaptability of mind or character. "He increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization"

Definition of Pliantness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being pliant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pliantness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pliantness

plexus vesicalis plexus vesicalis inferior plexuses pleyt pleyts pliabilities pliability pliable pliableness pliablenesses

pliably pliancies pliancy pliant pliantly pliantness (current term) pliantnesses plica plica aryepiglottica plica axillaris

plica caecalis vascularis plica chordae tympani plica choroidea plica duodenalis inferior plica duodenalis superior plica duodenojejunalis plica duodenomesocolica plica epigastrica plica fimbriata plica glossoepiglottica lateralis

Literary usage of Pliantness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"Gold hath these natures ; greatness of weight, closeness of parts, fixation, pliantness or softness, immunity from rust, colour or tincture of yellow. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"[" So much cleverness, acuteness, kitten- like playfulness, and pliantness, cannot be obtained without injury, without sacrificing to them some graces. ..."

3. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"Gold hath these natures ; greatness of weight, closeness of parts, fixation, pliantness or softness, immunity from rust, colour or tincture of yellow. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"[" So much cleverness, acuteness, kitten- like playfulness, and pliantness, cannot be obtained without injury, without sacrificing to them some graces. ..."

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