Flexible — Defs

01 a. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff o…

1.
Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being 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.” — Shak.
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.” — Bacon.

“Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.” — Shak.
3.
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
“This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.” — Rogers.