flexibleness
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Definition
- Noun:
- The quality of being adaptable or variable: The capacity to be changed or adjusted easily to suit different conditions or purposes.
- The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped: The physical characteristic of a material or object that allows it to bend without breaking.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The flexibleness of the schedule allowed employees to maintain a better work-life balance.
- The remarkable flexibleness of the new polymer makes it ideal for medical tubing.
Advanced Usage
- Conceptual Flexibleness: Refers to adaptability in thinking or approach.
- Success in this role requires a high degree of mental flexibleness to solve novel problems.
- Institutional Flexibleness: Describes the adaptability of an organization or system.
- The university's administrative flexibleness was crucial during the transition to online learning.
Variants and Related Words
- Flexibility (noun): The more commonly used synonym with identical meanings.
- She demonstrated great flexibility in her management style.
- Flexible (adjective): Capable of bending easily; able to be easily modified.
- A flexible wire; a flexible plan.
- Inflexibleness (noun): The quality of being rigid or unyielding (antonym).
Synonyms
- Adaptability: The ability to adjust to new conditions.
- Pliability: The quality of being easily bent; suppleness.
- Elasticity: The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed.
Related Phrases
- To show flexibleness: To demonstrate an adaptable or yielding nature.
- The negotiator showed great flexibleness to reach an agreement.
- A degree of flexibleness: A certain amount of adaptability.
- The policy allows for a degree of flexibleness in its application.
Notes on Usage
- "Flexibleness" vs. "Flexibility": While the meanings are identical, "flexibility" is the far more common and preferred term in modern English usage across all contexts. "Flexibleness" is a valid but less frequently used alternative.
Noun
- the quality of being adaptable or variable
- he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement
- the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped