Definitions for: Flexibility


[n] the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement"
[n] the trait of being easily persuaded
[n] the property of being flexible



Webster (1913) Definition: Flex`i*bil"i*ty, n. [L. flexibilitas: cf. F.
flexibilite.]
The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness;
pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of
hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.
--Sir I. Newton.

All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. --Macaulay.

Synonyms: flexibleness, tractability, tractableness

Antonyms: inflexibility, inflexibleness, intractability, intractableness, rigidity

See Also: adaptability, amenability, amenableness, bendability, cooperativeness, docility, domestication, malleability, manageability, manageableness, obedience, plasticity, pliability, tameness, trait

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