Both Uses of
pliant
in
Jane Eyre
- Jane, you please me, and you master me — you seem to submit, and I like the sense of pliancy you impart; and while I am twining the soft, silken skein round my finger, it sends a thrill up my arm to my heart.†
Chpt 24
- I could resist St. John's wrath: I grew pliant as a reed under his kindness.†
Chpt 35 *
Definition:
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(pliant as in: a pliant individual) able to adjust readily to different conditions
or less commonly:
susceptible to being led or directed