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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pliantly
 (ad.)易曲地;柔軟地;柔順地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pli·ant a.
 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.  Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
    The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason.   --South.
 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] “A pliant hour.” --Shak. -- Pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Pli*ant*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pliantly
      adv : in a pliant manner