D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Flexibility

/flĕkˌ-səb-ĭl'-ət-ē/ · Flex·i·bil·i·ty · IPA /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/
01 n. The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or …
  1. 1.
    The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.
    “All the flexibility of a veteran courtier.” Macaulay.