flexable
flexable is the misspelling of flexible.
Meaning of flexible
Adjective
flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- pliable
- Antonyms:
- stiff, brittle, inflexible, rigid
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
- Phocion the Athenian (a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people[…]1625, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- tractable, manageable, ductile
- Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
- You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
- a flexible language
Questions about flexable
- What is flexable the misspelling of?
- Flexable is the misspelling of flexible.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flexable (page history and authors); flexible (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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