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Webster 1913 Edition


Flexibility

Flexˊi-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flexibility

FLEXIBIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[See Flexible.]
1.
The quality of admitting to be bent; pliancy; flexibleness; as the flexibility of rays of light.
2.
Easiness to be persuaded; the quality of yielding to arguments, persuasion or circumstances; ductility of mind; readiness to comply; facility; as flexibility of temper.

Definition 2024


flexibility

flexibility

English

Noun

flexibility (countable and uncountable, plural flexibilities)

  1. The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
  2. The quality of having options.
    I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.

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