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flexibly
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Flexibly
(gcide) | Flexible \Flex"i*ble\, a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]
1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being
turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable;
yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
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When the splitting wind
Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. --Shak.
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2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not
invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable;
ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
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Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways
flexible to the will of the people. --Bacon.
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Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.
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3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a
flexible language.
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This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
--Rogers.
Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile;
obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- Flex"i*ble*ness,
n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv.
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flexibly
(wn) | flexibly
adv 1: with flexibility; "`Come whenever you are free,' he said
flexibly" [ant: inflexibly] |
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flexibly
(encz) | flexibly,pružně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
inflexibly
(encz) | inflexibly,nepružně adv: Zdeněk Brožinflexibly,nezměnitelně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Inflexibly
(gcide) | Inflexibly \In*flex"i*bly\, adv.
In an inflexible manner.
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flexibly
(wn) | flexibly
adv 1: with flexibility; "`Come whenever you are free,' he said
flexibly" [ant: inflexibly] |
inflexibly
(wn) | inflexibly
adv 1: in an inflexible manner; "`You will--because you must!,'
Madam told her inflexibly" [ant: flexibly] |
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