pliant

Definitions

pli (worn-down plic, "fold/bend") + -ant = "bending." A near-synonym of pliable, from the same fold-root: physically supple, or figuratively willing to bend to others. See pliable.

Common Collocations

• 1.pliant branches柔韧的枝条
• 2.pliant personality顺从的性格
• 3.remarkably pliant极为柔韧
• 4.[pliant workforce]听话的员工队伍

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The branches were thin and pliant.

• 2.

  He preferred pliant colleagues who never argued.