'Flexibleness' definitions:
Definition of 'flexibleness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, inflexibleness]
noun
The quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness]
Definition of 'Flexibleness'
From: 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]