pliantly

English

Etymology

pliant +‎ -ly

Adverb

pliantly (comparative more pliantly, superlative most pliantly)

  1. In a pliant manner.
    • 1929, Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
      She was tall and pliantly slender, without angularity anywhere.
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