malleable
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mal·le·a·ble
(măl′ē-ə-bəl)adj.
1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.
2. Easily controlled or influenced: "The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).
3.
a. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: a malleable leader unafraid to compromise.
b. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: the malleable rhythms of jazz.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
mal′le·a·bil′i·ty, mal′le·a·ble·ness n.
mal′le·a·bly adv.
Synonyms: malleable, ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant
These adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass.
These adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass.
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malleable
(ˈmælɪəbəl)adj
1. (esp of metal) able to be worked, hammered, or shaped under pressure or blows without breaking
2. able to be influenced; pliable or tractable
[C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from Latin malleus hammer]
ˌmalleaˈbility, ˈmalleableness n
ˈmalleably adv
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mal•le•a•ble
(ˈmæl i ə bəl)adj.
1. capable of being extended or shaped, as by hammering or by pressure.
2. adaptable; tractable: a malleable personality.
[1350–1400; < Medieval Latin malleābilis=malle(āre) to hammer + -ābilis -able]
mal′le•a•bly, adv.
mal`le•a•bil′i•ty, mal′le•a•ble•ness, n.
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mal·le·a·ble
(măl′ē-ə-bəl) Capable of being shaped or formed in its solid state, especially by pressure or hammering. Gold is the most malleable substance known.
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Adj. | 1. | malleable - easily influenced manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler |
2. | malleable - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" formed - having or given a form or shape |
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malleable
adjective
1. manageable, adaptable, compliant, impressionable, pliable, tractable, biddable, governable, like putty in your hands She was young enough to be malleable.
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malleable
adjective1. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure:
2. Easily altered or influenced:
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mal·le·a·ble
a. maleable.
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