flexile
/flexile/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being flexed or bent; easily bent without breaking: Describes an object or material that can bend or be bent readily, often implying a degree of pliability or suppleness.
- Adaptable; pliant: Describes a person, attitude, or system that is easily influenced or can adjust readily to different conditions.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The flexile branches of the willow tree swayed in the wind.
- A good leader must have a flexile mind to adapt to changing circumstances.
- The material is remarkably flexile, making it ideal for the intricate design.
Advanced Usage
- In a metaphorical or abstract sense: Used to describe non-physical adaptability.
- The company's flexile policies allowed it to survive the economic downturn.
- In comparative or superlative forms: "more flexile," "most flexile."
- Of all the metals tested, this alloy proved to be the most flexile.
Variants and Related Words
- Flexibility (n): The quality of being flexile.
- The gymnast's flexibility was astounding.
- Flex (v): To bend.
- He flexed his arm to show his muscle.
- Inflexible (adj): The opposite of flexile; not able to be bent or changed.
- The rules were completely inflexible.
Synonyms
- Pliable: Easily bent or shaped.
- Supple: Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
- Elastic: Able to resume its original shape after being stretched or compressed.
- Adaptable: Able to adjust to new conditions.
Antonyms
- Rigid: Unable to bend or be forced out of shape; inflexible.
- Stiff: Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.
- Inflexible: Unwilling to change or adapt.
Related Phrases
- Flexile strength: (Technical) The ability to withstand bending without breaking.
- Engineers tested the beam for its flexile strength.
- Flexile approach: An adaptable method or strategy.
- The teacher's flexile approach catered to different learning styles.
Adjective
- able to flex; able to bend easily
- slim flexible birches