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Flexible

//ˈflek.sɪ.bəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.

    "Phocion the Athenian (a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people[…]"

  3. 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. 4
    Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.

    "a flexible language"

Adjective
  1. 1
    bending and snapping back readily without breaking wordnet
  2. 2
    able to flex; able to bend easily wordnet
  3. 3
    capable of being changed wordnet
  4. 4
    making or willing to make concessions wordnet
  5. 5
    able to adjust readily to different conditions wordnet
Noun
  1. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“I bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

Etymology 2

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“I bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

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