adjective
- easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- easily influenced or persuaded; yielding: the pliable mind of youth.
- adjusting readily to change; adaptable.
adjective
- easily moulded, bent, influenced, or altered
adj.late 14c., from Old French ploiable “flexible, bendable,” from plier “to bend” (see ply (n.)). Related: Pliably, pliability.