Both Uses of
malleable
in
The House of Mirth
- Her intentions in short had never been more definite; but poor Lily, for all the hard glaze of her exterior, was inwardly as malleable as wax.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- She smiled as she spoke, letting her eyes rest on his in a way that took the edge from her banter and made him suddenly malleable to her will.†
Chpt 1.10
Definition:
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(malleable) of people: easily influenced
of materials: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out