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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
flexible
adj 1: capable of being changed; "flexible schedules" [ant:
inflexible]
2: able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
[syn: flexible, 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, flexible, pliable, pliant]
4: bending and snapping back readily without breaking [syn:
flexible, whippy]
5: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore
through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising
Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising, conciliatory,
flexible] [ant: inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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When the splitting wind
Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. --Shak.
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2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not
invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;
ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
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Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways
flexible to the will of the people. --Bacon.
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Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.
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3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a
flexible language.
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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.
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Thesaurus Results for flexible:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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