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flexible
Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
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  1. Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
  2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  3. Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
yielding
Producing a good yield; productive
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  1. Producing a good yield; productive
  2. Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.
  3. Bending easily; flexible
pliant
(Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
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  1. (Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
  2. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
  3. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
agile
Keen and lively
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  1. Keen and lively
  2. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.
  3. Quick and easy of movement; deft and active
ductile
Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
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  1. Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
  2. Relating to rock or other materials that are capable of withstanding a certain amount of force by changing form before fracturing or breaking.
  3. Easily molded; plastic; pliant
flexible
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
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  1. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  2. Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
  3. Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
flexile
Flexible; pliant; mobile
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  1. Flexible; pliant; mobile
  2. Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking
  3. Flexible
flexuous
Winding or wavering
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  1. Winding or wavering
  2. Bending or winding alternately from side to side; sinuous.
malleable
That can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking
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  1. That can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking
  2. Capable of great deformation without breaking, when subject to compressive stress . Gold is the most malleable metal.
  3. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
moldable
Alternative spelling of mouldable.
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  1. Alternative spelling of mouldable.
plastic
Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
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  1. Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
  2. Made of a plastic or plastics:
  3. Capable of being shaped or formed:
pliable
Adjusting readily; adaptable
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  1. Adjusting readily; adaptable
  2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  3. Easily bent or molded; flexible
pliant
(Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
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  1. (Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
  2. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
  3. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
workable
Practicable; feasible
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  1. Practicable; feasible
  2. Capable of functioning.
  3. Capable of being worked, dealt with, or handled:
elastic
Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
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  1. Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
  2. (Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
  3. Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
flexible
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
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  1. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  2. Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
  3. Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
flexile
Flexible; pliant; mobile
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  1. Flexible; pliant; mobile
  2. Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking
  3. Flexible
resilient
Recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant
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  1. Recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant
  2. Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
  3. Capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed.
springy
Having spring; elastic, resilient, etc.
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  1. Having spring; elastic, resilient, etc.
  2. Marked by resilience; elastic.
  3. That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
plastic
Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
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  1. Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
  2. Made of a plastic or plastics:
  3. Capable of being shaped or formed:
ductile
Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
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  1. Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin:
  2. Relating to rock or other materials that are capable of withstanding a certain amount of force by changing form before fracturing or breaking.
  3. Easily molded; plastic; pliant
elastic
Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
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  1. Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
  2. (Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
  3. Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
flexible
Able to bend without breaking; not stiff or rigid; easily bent; pliant
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  1. Able to bend without breaking; not stiff or rigid; easily bent; pliant
  2. Readily bending or twisting the body without injury:
  3. Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
flexile
Flexible; pliant; mobile
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  1. Flexible; pliant; mobile
  2. Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking
  3. Flexible
impressionable
Readily or easily influenced; suggestible:
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  1. Readily or easily influenced; suggestible:
  2. Easily affected by impressions; esp., capable of being influenced intellectually, emotionally, or morally; sensitive
  3. Capable of receiving an impression:
malleable
That can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking
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  1. That can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking
  2. Capable of great deformation without breaking, when subject to compressive stress . Gold is the most malleable metal.
  3. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
plastic
Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
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  1. Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling:
  2. Made of a plastic or plastics:
  3. Capable of being shaped or formed:
pliable
Adjusting readily; adaptable
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  1. Adjusting readily; adaptable
  2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  3. Easily bent or molded; flexible
pliant
(Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
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  1. (Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
  2. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
  3. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
suggestible
Susceptible to influence by suggestion.
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  1. Susceptible to influence by suggestion.
  2. That can be suggested
  3. Readily influenced by suggestion, often, specif., through hypnosis
adaptable
Able to adjust oneself to new or changed circumstances
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  1. Able to adjust oneself to new or changed circumstances
  2. Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
  3. That can be adapted or made suitable
adaptive
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
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  1. Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
  2. Readily capable of adapting or of being adapted:
  3. Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
elastic
(Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
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  1. (Economics) Of, relating to, or being a good for which changes in price have a large effect on the quantity demanded or supplied.
  2. Quick to recover, as from disappointment; resilient:
  3. Easily resuming original size or shape after being stretched or otherwise deformed; flexible.
flexible
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
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  1. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  2. Adjustable to change; capable of modification
  3. Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable:
malleable
Capable of great deformation without breaking, when subject to compressive stress . Gold is the most malleable metal.
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  1. Capable of great deformation without breaking, when subject to compressive stress . Gold is the most malleable metal.
  2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  3. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure:
pliable
Adjusting readily; adaptable
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  1. Adjusting readily; adaptable
  2. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
  3. Easily bent or molded; flexible
pliant
(Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
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  1. (Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
  2. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
  3. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable:
amenable
Ready to consent; agreeable:
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  1. Ready to consent; agreeable:
  2. Willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority:
  3. Legally answerable; required to respond; responsible; subject to.
biddable
Worth bidding on
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  1. Worth bidding on
  2. (Games) Strong enough to be bid. Used of a hand of cards.
  3. Docile, amenable or compliant.
compliant
Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
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  1. Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
  2. Complying or tending to comply; yielding; submissive
  3. Inclined or willing to comply; obedient:
conformable
Corresponding; similar:
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  1. Corresponding; similar:
  2. In harmony or agreement
  3. (Geology) Of, relating to, or being rock or sediment strata that were deposited either adjacent to each other or in vertical sequence without interruption by a disruptive or altering process such as erosion or folding.
docile
Easy to manage or discipline; submissive
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  1. Easy to manage or discipline; submissive
  2. Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.
  3. Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.
obedient
Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
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  1. Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
  2. Obeying or willing to obey; submissive
submissive
Meekly obedient or passive.
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  1. Meekly obedient or passive.
  2. Inclined or willing to submit.
  3. Having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding
tractable
Easily managed, taught, or controlled; docile; compliant
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  1. Easily managed, taught, or controlled; docile; compliant
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  • The man was much more supple than his age would suggest.

  • Natasha rose slowly and carefully, crossed herself, and stepped cautiously on the cold and dirty floor with her slim, supple, bare feet.

  • Jessi's body was supple and relaxed in his arms, her gray eyes wide and her features flushed.

  • In Milan he helped to place Lodovico it Moro in power in 1479, but he reaped less from this supple tyrant than he had expected.

  • He couldn't shake the fire in his blood or the sense of how soft her supple skin, how warm her body felt beneath him.

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