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pliability

pliability noun: the quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.

Noun

pliability (countable and uncountable, plural pliabilities)

  1. The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
    • A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 245

pliability meaning in Tamil and Urdu

pliability in Tamil

நெகிழுதன்மை, நெகிழ்வு

pliability in Urdu

لوچ

Forms of pliability

pluralpliabilities

Questions about pliability

What does pliability mean?
Pliability means the quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
What is pliability in Tamil?
Pliability in Tamil is நெகிழுதன்மை, நெகிழ்வு. See Pliability meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pliability?
Pliability is a noun.
What is the plural of pliability?
The plural of pliability is pliabilities.

Words near pliability in the dictionary

  1. PLHIV
  2. PLI
  3. pli caballin
  4. pli caballinid
  5. pliabilities
  6. pliability
  7. pliable
  8. pliableness
  9. pliably
  10. pliancies
  11. pliancy

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