Synonyms

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

Aimee Hill, one of the instructors, said it was not about competing for who can be the most bendy, she likes to make it about community.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

For a while — it’s hard to say how long; time is bendy here — they appear to be deep in meditation.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 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

Mr. Pomodoro is especially bendy as he pulls his long legs and arms from the car and arranges his face in various forms of eagerness and perplexity and fumblingness.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

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