flexibleness

2 definitions found

flexibleness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flexible \Flex"i*ble\, a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]
     1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being
        turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable;
        yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
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              When the splitting wind
              Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. --Shak.
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     2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not
        invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;
        ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
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              Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways
              flexible to the will of the people.   --Bacon.
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              Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.
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     3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a
        flexible language.
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              This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
                                                    --Rogers.
  
     Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile;
          obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- Flex"i*ble*ness,
          n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv.
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flexibleness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flexibleness
      n 1: the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn:
           flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility,
           inflexibleness]
      2: the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the
         flexibility of his working arrangement" [syn: flexibility,
         flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, rigidity,
         rigidness]