flexible
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flexible
- /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/ Canada, UK, US
- /ˈflɛk.sə.bəl/ Canada, UK, US
- /ˈflek.sɪ.bəl/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.
adjective more flexible · most flexible
- 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.
- 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[…]
- 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.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way. a flexible language
Similar: bendsome, bendy, ductile, inconstant, limp, manageable, obsequious, pliable, pliant, supple, tractable, wavering
noun flexibles
- Something that is flexible. Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.
