[syn: tractability, tractableness, flexibility]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flexibility \Flex`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. flexibilitas: cf. F.
flexibilite.]
The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness;
pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of
hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.
--Sir I. Newton.
[1913 Webster]
All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
flexibility
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]
3: the trait of being easily persuaded [syn: tractability,
tractableness, flexibility] [ant: intractability,
intractableness]