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flexile
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective flexile has 1 sense
- flexile(a = adj.all) flexible - able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
CIDE DICTIONARY
flexile, a. [L. flexilis.].
Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flexile, adj. archaic 1 supple; mobile.
2 tractable; manageable.
3 versatile.
2 tractable; manageable.
3 versatile.
Derivative
flexility n.
Etymology
L flexilis (as FLEX(1))
ROGET THESAURUS
flexile
Softness
N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.
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