pliancy, pliability; sequacity†, malleability; ductility, tractility†;
extendibility, extensibility; plasticity; inelasticity, flaccidity,
laxity.
penetrability.
clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion,
pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding; foam.
mollification; softening &c v..
V. render soft &c adj.; soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper; mash,
knead, squash.
bend, yield, relent, relax, give.
plasticize'.
Adj. soft, tender, supple; pliant, pliable; flexible, flexile; lithe,
lithesome; lissom, limber, plastic; ductile; tractile†, tractable;
malleable, extensile, sequacious†, inelastic; aluminous†; remollient†.
yielding &c v.; flabby, limp, flimsy.
doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony†.
flaccid, flocculent, downy; edematous, oedematous†, medullary
[Anat.], argillaceous, mellow.
soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk; yielding as wax,
tender as chicken.