pliability

• Did Burghley see something in him of the pliability which he could remember as the serviceable quality of his own young days—which suited those days of rapid change, but not days when change was supposed to be over, and when the qualities which were wanted were those which resist and defy it? —  Bacon
• The negro exhibits by nature a pliability, a readiness to accommodate himself to circumstances, a proneness to imitate those among whom he lives,—characteristics which are entirely foreign to the Indian, while they facilitate in every way the increase of the negro. —  Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
• As Diehl notes, Obama's "pliability" did not go unnoticed. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
• The peak in this pliability is at 911. 5C, but begins at much lower temperatures, at around —  BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• The peak in this pliability is at 911. 5°C, but begins at much lower temperatures, at around 500°C - a temperature often reached during building fires. —  The Times of India

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Used in the Same Context