flexible

Adjective
Synonyms: flexileelasticpliablepliantwhippycompromisingconciliatory

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (5)

  1. capable of being changed“flexible schedules”
  2. able to flex; able to bend easily“slim flexible birches”Synonyms: flexile
  3. able to adjust readily to different conditions“an adaptable person”“a flexible personality”“an elastic clause in a contract”Synonyms: elasticpliablepliant
  4. bending and snapping back readily without breakingSynonyms: whippy
  5. making or willing to make concessions“loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet”Synonyms: compromisingconciliatory
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. [1913 Webster]

Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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