Both Uses of
pliable
in
The House of Mirth
- She was smaller and thinner than Lily Bart, with a restless pliability of pose, as if she could have been crumpled up and run through a ring, like the sinuous draperies she affected.†
Chpt 1.2
- Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.†
Chpt 1.3 *
Definition:
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(pliable as in: a pliable individual) susceptible to being led or directed
or less commonly:
able to adjust readily to different conditions