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flexible adjective [ ˈflɛksɪb(ə)l ]

• capable of bending easily without breaking.
• "flexible rubber seals"
Similar: pliable, supple, easily bent, bendable, pliant, malleable, mouldable, stretchable, workable, limber, ductile, tensile, plastic, elastic, whippy, springy, resilient, bendy, flexile,
Opposite: rigid,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin flexibilis, from flectere ‘to bend’.


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