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flexibly

flexibly adverb: in a flexible manner.

Adverb

flexibly (comparative more flexibly, superlative most flexibly)

  1. In a flexible manner.
    • But while the decline in season ticket sales as a proportion of fares income has continued, commuting has by no means died. Instead, people are working more flexibly. Therefore, a monthly or annual season ticket is not worthwhile.2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 57

Forms of flexibly

comparativemore flexibly
superlativemost flexibly

Origin of flexibly

From flexible + -ly.

Questions about flexibly

What does flexibly mean?
Flexibly means in a flexible manner.
What part of speech is flexibly?
Flexibly is an adverb.

Words near flexibly in the dictionary

  1. flexible sigmoidoscopy
  2. flexible time
  3. flexible times
  4. flexibleness
  5. flexibles
  6. flexibly
  7. flexibound
  8. flexicities
  9. flexicity
  10. flexicostate
  11. flexicuffs

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