Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being flexible, in any sense; pliancy; flexibleness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
  • noun The quality of having options. "I have some flexibility."

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the trait of being easily persuaded
  • noun the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
  • noun the quality of being adaptable or variable

Etymologies

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From Latin flexibilitās, from flectō ("I bend, curve").

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  • Really? Flexibility is related to daoism?

    July 29, 2007