The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See Ply, v.]
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Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason.
--South. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.''
--Shak. -- Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a pliant manner.
WordNet
adv. in a pliant manner
Usage examples of "pliantly".
He slid his fingers beneath a drooping wing and found it pliantly flexible.
She raised Baldwin to his feet as he smiled pliantly with that look of beautiful incomprehension that in Quedlinhame had so charmed his praeceptors.