FLEXIBLE

flexible

Noun

  1. Something that is flexible.

Adjective

  1. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.
    When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -
  2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
    Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. -.
    Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. -
  3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
    This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.


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