flexible

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

Canada//ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl//
Canada//ˈflɛk.sə.bəl//
Australia//ˈflek.sɪ.bəl//

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

adjective

1
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.
2
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
Phocion the Athenian (a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people[…]
Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.
3
Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.
4
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
a flexible language
This they foresaw was a Principle more flexible to their Purpose

Etymology

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

noun

1
Something that is flexible.
Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.

Forms

plural: flexibles
comparative: more flexible
superlative: most flexible

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flexible · Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

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