FLEX'IBLE, a. [L. flexibilis, from flecto, flexi, to bend, plico.] 1. That may be bent; capable of being turned or forced from a straight line or form without breaking; pliant; yielding to pressure; not stiff; as a flexible rod; a flexible plant.2. Capable of yielding to intreaties, arguments or other moral force; that may be persuaded to compliance; not invincibly rigid; or obstinate; not inexorable.Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people.It often denotes, easy or too easy to yield or comply; wavering; inconstant; not firm.3. Ductile; manageable; tractable; as the tender and flexible minds of youth. Flexible years or time of life, the time when the mind is tractable.4. That may be turned or accommodated.This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
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