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flexible

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flex·i·ble  (flks-bl)
adj.
1.
a. Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable.
b. Capable of being bent repeatedly without injury or damage.
2. Susceptible to influence or persuasion; tractable.
3. Responsive to change; adaptable: a flexible schedule.

[From Latin flexibilis, from flexus, past participle of flectere, to bend.]

flexi·bili·ty, flexi·ble·ness n.
flexi·bly adv.
Synonyms: flexible, elastic, resilient, supple
These adjectives refer literally to what is capable of withstanding stress without injury and figuratively to what can undergo change or modification: a flexible wire; flexible plans; an elastic rubber band; an elastic interpretation of the law; thin, resilient copper; a resilient temperament; supple suede; a supple mind.

flexible [ˈflɛksɪbəl]
adj
1. Also flexile [ˈflɛksaɪl] able to be bent easily without breaking; pliable
2. adaptable or variable flexible working hours
3. able to be persuaded easily; tractable
flexibility , flexibleness n
flexibly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.flexible - capable of being changed; "flexible schedules"
inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"
2.flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
elastic - capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"
inflexible - resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";
3.flexible - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
adaptable - capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"
4.flexible - bending and snapping back readily without breaking
elastic - capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"
5.flexible - making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"

flexible
Translations
flexible [ˈfleksəbl] ADJ (lit, fig) → flexible
we have to be flexible about thistenemos que ser flexibles en este asunto
we have flexible (working) hourstenemos un horario de trabajo flexible

flexible [ˈflɛksɪbəl] adj
[material, object] → flexible
(= adaptable) [person] → flexible
[schedule] → flexible; [system, arrangement] → flexible
flexible working hours → horaires flexibles

flexible
adj
(lit) material, object, limbs, joints, bodybiegsam, elastisch; flexible coupling (Tech) → elastisches Gelenk
(fig) person, approach, attitude, timetable, systemflexibel; engineelastisch; flexible working hoursgleitende Arbeitszeit, Gleitzeit f; to work flexible hoursgleitende Arbeitszeit haben, Gleitzeit arbeiten; to be flexible in one’s approacheine flexible Einstellung haben; to be flexible about somethingin Bezug auf etw (acc)flexibel sein

flexible [ˈflɛksɪbl] adjflessibile
flexible working hours → orario di lavoro flessibile
flexible [ˈflɛksɪbl] adjflessibile
flexible working hours → orario di lavoro flessibile

flexible مرن pružný fleksibel biegsam εύκαμπτος flexible taipuisa flexible savitljiva flessibile 曲げやすい 구부릴 수 있는 flexibel fleksibel elastyczny flexível гибкий böjlig ที่ปรับตัวเข้ากับสถานการณ์ esnek linh hoạt 灵活的


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They viciously snapped, not only at each other's disembowelments, but like flexible bows, bent round, and bit their own; till those entrails seemed swallowed over and over again by the same mouth, to be oppositely voided by the gaping wound.
The other I found more flexible, and wrought upon him so far that he came to my tent to be instructed.
True, from the unmarred dead body of the whale, you may scrape off with your hand an infinitely thin, transparent substance, somewhat resembling the thinnest shreds of isinglass, only it is almost as flexible and soft as satin; that is, previous to being dried, when it not only contracts and thickens, but becomes rather hard and brittle.
 
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