flexible
//ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- more flexible
- Superlative
- most flexible
- Plural
- flexibles
Definitions
1.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.
2.Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
- Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.
3.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.
4.Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
1.Something that is flexible.
- Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4753
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”).
Morphologically flex + -ible.