Definition for FLEX'I-BLE-NESS

FLEX'I-BLE-NESS, n.

  1. Possibility to be bent or turned from a straight line or form without breaking; casiness to be bent; pliantness; pliancy; flexibility.
  2. Facility of mind; readiness to comply or yield; obsequiousness; as, the flexibleness of a courtier.
  3. Ductility; manageableness; tractableness; as, the flexibleness of youth.

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