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Pride and Prejudice
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- Elizabeth listened in silence, but was not convinced; their behavior at the assembly had not been calculated to please in general; and with more quickness of observation and less pliancy of temper than her sister, and with a judgement too unassailed by any attention to herself, she was very little disposed to approve them.†
p. 17.3pliancy = able to adjust readily to different conditions OR (less commonly) susceptible to being led or directed
Definitions:
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(1)
(pliant) easily bent, shaped, influenced, or controlled
or:
able to adapt to change - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)