malleable:
- capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers
- capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences; easily influenced
- capable of adaptive change; capable of adjusting to changes in circumstances; adaptable
Example: The natives proved less malleable and far less innocent than the Europeans imagined, so much so that early colonial history is filled with countless stories of monks who met hideous deaths at the hands of their flocks. [Reference: Juan Gonzalez, Harvest of Empire]
