flexible

UK /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/ US /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/
adj 4noun 1

Definitions

adj

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.

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

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.

a flexible language

This they foresaw was a Principle more flexible to their Purpose

noun

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.

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