bendy

American

[ben-dee] / ˈbɛn di /

adjective

bendier, bendiest

tending to bend; flexible or resilient.

bendy ¹ British

/ ˈbɛndɪ /

adjective

flexible or pliable
having many bends

a bendy road

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bendy ² British

/ ˈbɛndɪ /

adjective

(usually postpositive) heraldry striped diagonally

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Etymology

Origin of bendy

First recorded in 1975–80; bend ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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Once those bendy guys are on campus, Cignetti has his strength coach put them through a bevy of mobility drills to keep their joints moving smoothly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The fries are more bendy than crisp but still quite good.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

To address this challenge, UNC -Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on an extremely bendy but sturdy robot capable of traversing lung tissue.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

He was playing with that bendy quality I had.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

“Rubeus! Rubeus Hagrid! How nice to see you again.... Oak, sixteen inches, rather bendy, wasn’t it?”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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