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"ref": "1839, William Gilmore Simms, “The Brooklet”, in Southern Passages and Pictures, New York: George Adlard, page 2",
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"ref": "1988, A. J. Langguth, Patriots",
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"(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable."
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"sense": "Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking",
"word": "гъвкав"
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"sense": "Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking",
"word": "ohebný"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking",
"word": "poddajný"
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"sense": "Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking",
"word": "pružný"
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"sense": "Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking",
"word": "flexilis"
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"sense": "Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking",
"word": "tāngehe"
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"sense": "Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking",
"word": "пода́тливый"
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"word": "мя́гкий"
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"roman": "otstǎpčiv",
"sense": "Easily influenced for good or evil",
"word": "отстъпчив"
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"roman": "podatliv",
"sense": "Easily influenced for good or evil",
"word": "податлив"
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"sense": "Easily influenced for good or evil",
"word": "poddajný"
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"sense": "Easily influenced for good or evil",
"word": "tvárný"
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