flexile

[ flek-silor, especially British, -sahyl ]

adjective

1. flexible; pliant; tractable; adaptable.

Other Words From

• flex·ili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of flexile¹

First recorded in 1625–35, flexile is from the Latin word flexilis pliant, pliable. See flex ¹, -ile

Example Sentences

He lay in the Englishwoman's gentle arms—a little brown bundle of flexile limbs and cotton night-shirt.

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On the former supposition, the ovipositor must be remarkably long and flexile to enable the animal to place the eggs on its back.

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The wonder was it did not crack under the strain; but Northern ice ahs the air of being strangely flexile.

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The throwing of an ax was a little matter to the sharp-eyed and flexile-muscled cave men.

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As the flexile youth progressed, amazement gave place to indignation and then to disgust.

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