The Only Use of
pliant
in
Pride and Prejudice
- 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
Definition:
easily bent, shaped, influenced, or controlled
or:
able to adapt to change
or:
able to adapt to change