flexile

flexile
adjective Date: 1613 flexible

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  • Flexile — Flex ile, a. [L. flexilis.] Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flexile — index flexible, malleable, pliable, resilient, sequacious, tractable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • flexile — [fleks′il] adj. [L flexilis] flexible; pliant; mobile …   English World dictionary

  • flexile — flexility, n. /flek sil/ or, esp. Brit., / suyl/, adj. flexible; pliant; tractable; adaptable. [1625 35; < L flexilis pliant, pliable. See FLEX1, ILE] * * * …   Universalium

  • flexile — adjective a) flexible b) Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking …   Wiktionary

  • flexile — flex·ile (fleksґīl) flexible …   Medical dictionary

  • flexile — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexible, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable. See FLEXIBLE. 2. Capable of withstanding… …   English dictionary for students

  • flexile — flex·ile || fleksɪl / fleksaɪl adj. flexible, easily bent, pliable …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flexile —   , flexilis   L. flecto, bend; ile, property. Culm geniculate at base and slender …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

  • flexile — [ flɛksʌɪl] adjective archaic pliant and flexible. Derivatives flexility noun Origin C17: from L. flexilis, from flectere to bend …   English new terms dictionary

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