Both Uses of
pliant
in
Middlemarch
- It was as clear as possible that she was ready to be attached to Will and to be pliant to his suggestions: they had never had a tete-a-tete without her bringing away from it some new troublesome impression, and the last interview that Mr. Casaubon was aware of (Dorothea, on returning from Freshitt Hall, had for the first time been silent about having seen Will) had led to a scene which roused an angrier feeling against them both than he had ever known before.†
Chpt 4
- Mr. Casaubon kept his hands behind him and allowed her pliant arm to cling with difficulty against his rigid arm.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
-
(pliant as in: a pliant individual) able to adjust readily to different conditions
or less commonly:
susceptible to being led or directed