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Pliancy

Pliancy \Pli"an*cy\, n. The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod. ``Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind.''
--Wordsworth.

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pliancy

n. The quality of being pliant.

WordNet
pliancy
  1. n. the property of being pliant [syn: pliantness, suppleness]

  2. the quality of being easily adaptable [syn: pliability, pliantness]

Usage examples of "pliancy".

But his appointment had resulted at least as much from his pliancy, and from the fact that Lord Regent Cheldring Tarsteng Brant was his paternal uncle.