01 a. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff o…
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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.
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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.
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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.