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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  When  the  splitting  wind  Makes  flexible  the  knees  of 
  knotted  oaks.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  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.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Capable  or  being  adapted  or  molded;  plastic,;  as  a 
  flexible  language. 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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:  bends  and  snaps  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}] 




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