n. [ L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite. ] The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability;
All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible. ]
When the splitting wind
Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. Shak. [ 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 ]
This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers.
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