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PLEYE-uh-bl/ˈplaɪəbl/

Pliable means easy to bend, or easily influenced: a pliable codebook, pliable hours. Flexible (already in the dictionary) is everyday; a vibe is not a named slice.

Meaning

Easy to bend; also easily influenced (from flexible, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A pliable codebook still needs a named slice; a vibe is not a frame.”
• “Flexible is already in this course. Malleable is the close twin. A vibe is talk. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then keep the flex if the ethics minute still allows the cut.”

Good to know

Easily bent or influenced. Everyday: flexible (already in the dictionary). A vibe ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

flexible, malleable, yielding

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