ˈpliably, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a pliable manner; flexibly; yieldingly, docilely.
| 1629 Donne Serm., Matt. vi. 21 (1660) III. 223 That I come into the hands of my God as pliably, as ductily, as that first clod of earth of which he made me in Adam. 1692 Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 583/1 Those lukewarm irreligious Temporizers, who had learn'd..pliably to tack about, as still to be ready to receive whatever revolution and turn of affairs should happen. |