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flexile

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Adjective
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flex=ile

CIDE DICTIONARY

flexilea. [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.

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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