PLIANCY

pliability, pliancy, pliantness, suppleness

(noun) adaptability of mind or character; “he was valued for his reliability and pliability”; “he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization”

pliancy, pliantness, suppleness

(noun) the property of being pliant and flexible

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pliancy (countable and uncountable, plural pliancies)

The quality of being pliant.

Source: Wiktionary


Pli"an*cy, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod. "Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind." Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 April 2025

CORRECTION

(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; “market runups are invariably followed by a correction”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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