释义 |
ˈpliantly, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a pliant manner; supply, accommodatingly.
a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 118 [The words] yield the sense I speak of pliantly enough. 1672Dryden Assignation i. i, You bow so pliantly! 1862Lytton Str. Story II. 152 Whether it was that..my mind could more pliantly supple itself to her graceful imagination. |