flexible

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 References 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Related terms 3 Spanish 3.1 Adjective 3.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin flexibilis; confer French flexible.

[edit] Pronunciation

\Flex"i*ble\

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[edit] Adjective

flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)

1. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be 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. -Shakespeare

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. -Francis Bacon.

   Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. -Shakespeare

3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

   This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.

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ductile inconstant manageable

obsequious pliant pliable

supple tractable wavering

[edit] Related terms

• flexibility

[edit] See also

• foldable

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• flexible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin flexibilis

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• IPA: /flɛk.sibl/

[edit] Adjective

flexible

1. flexible

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• flexibilité

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

flexible m. and f. (plural flexibles)

1. flexible (all senses)

[edit] Related terms

• flexibilidad