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English

Etymology

From flexibilis; confer French flexible#French|flexible.

Pronunciation

\Flex"i*ble\

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-flexible.ogg

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 flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -
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. -Bacon.
: Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. -
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
: This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.

Synonyms

Related terms

flexibility

Translations

Czech: {{t-|cs|ohebný|m}}
Finnish:
German: , , ,

Hungarian:
Russian: {{t+|ru|гибкий|tr=gíbkij|sc=Cyrl}}

Finnish:
German: , , ,

Hungarian:
Russian: {{t|ru|покладистый|tr=pokládistyj|sc=Cyrl}}

Finnish:
German: , ,

Hungarian:
Russian: {{t+|ru|гибкий|tr=gíbkij|sc=Cyrl}}

: flexibel#Dutch|flexibel, soepel, buigzaam (1)
: souple

: flexibel#Swedish|flexibel

References

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French

Etymology

From flexibilis

Pronunciation

IPA: /flɛk.sibl/

Adjective

flexible

#English|flexible

Related terms

flexibilité

ar:flexible el:flexible es:flexible fa:flexible fr:flexible gl:flexible io:flexible id:flexible it:flexible hu:flexible ru:flexible simple:flexible fi:flexible ta:flexible te:flexible vi:flexible zh:flexible

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flexible \Flex"i*ble\, a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]
1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being
turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable;
yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
[1913 Webster]

When the splitting wind
Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not
invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;
ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
[1913 Webster]

Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways
flexible to the will of the people. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a
flexible language.
[1913 Webster]

This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
--Rogers.

Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile;
obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- Flex"i*ble*ness,
n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet flexible
adj 1: extended meanings; capable of change; "a flexible
character"; "flexible schedules" [ant: inflexible]
2: able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
[syn: flexile] [ant: inflexible]
3: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an
adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic
clause in a contract" [syn: elastic, pliable, pliant]
4: bending and snapping back readily without breaking
5: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore
through him...whenever he thought of...even the
compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising, conciliatory]
[ant: uncompromising]

Moby Dictionary
able to adapt , acquiescent , adaptable , adaptive , adjustable ,
all-around , alterable , alterative , ambidextrous , amenable ,
amphibious , bendable , bending , biddable , bouncy , buoyant ,
changeable , checkered , complaisant , compliant , conformable ,
convenient , cooperative , creased , crimped , docile , dog-eared ,
doubled , ductile , easy , elastic , ever-changing , extensible ,
extensile , fabricable , facile , feasible , fictile , flexile ,
flexuous , flounced , fluid , fluted , foldable , folded , folding ,
foolproof , formable , formative , gathered , generally capable ,
giving , handy , impermanent , impressible , impressionable ,
kaleidoscopic , like putty , limber , lissome , lithe , lithesome ,
lively , malleable , manageable , maneuverable , many-sided ,
metamorphic , mobile , modifiable , moldable , movable , mutable ,
nonuniform , obedient , other-directed , permutable , persuadable ,
persuasible , plaited , plastic , pleated , pliable , pliant , plicate ,
plicated , plicatile , practical , protean , proteiform , quilled ,
receptive , resilient , resourceful , responsive , rubbery , ruffled ,
sensitive , sequacious , shapable , springy , stretch , stretchable ,
stretchy , submissive , supple , susceptible , tensile , tractable ,
tractile , transient , transitory , tucked , twilled , two-handed ,
unaustere , undemanding , unexacting , unharsh , unsevere , unstrict ,
untroublesome , variable , versatile , whippy , wieldable , wieldy ,
willowy , yielding