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Definitions
flexible
adjective
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
When the splitting wind Makes the knees of knotted oaks.
-(
Shak.
)
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 to the will of the people.
-Bacon.
Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and .
-(
Shak.
)
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
This was a principle more to their purpose.
-Rogers.
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Etymology:
From
flexibilis
; confer French
flexibleFrench, flexible
.
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