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flexible
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As an adjective, flexible means capable of being flexed or bent without breaking. As a noun, it means something that is flexible.
Meanings of flexible
8 meaningsadjective
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
“a flexible language”
Bending and snapping back readily without breaking
Similar: whippyMaking or willing to make concessions
“loneliness tore through him … whenever he thought of … even the compromising Louis du Tillet”
Similar: compromising, conciliatory
noun
chiefly engineeringmanufacturingSomething that is flexible.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).