Flĕx'i-ble, a.

a. [Lat. flexibilis, from flectere, flexum, to bend; Fr. & Sp. flexible, It. flessibile.] 1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure. When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oak. Shak. 2. Capable of yielding to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; too easy and compliant; wavering. Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. Bacon. Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. Shak. 3. Capable of being adapted or accommodated. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers. Syn. — Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile; obsequious; inconstant; wavering.