Meaning & use
pliancy
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The quality of being easily bent or flexible, or a readiness to be influenced or adapted.
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The dancer's pliancy allowed her to move through the choreography effortlessly.
His political pliancy made him willing to shift positions whenever it was convenient.
A note on using this word
Applies both literally, to physical materials or bodies, and figuratively, to personalities or opinions that bend easily under pressure.
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rigiditystiffness
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