What is capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers. -- Flex"i*ble*ness, n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv called?

flexible — Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers. -- Flex"i*ble*ness, n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv. (Webster's 1913.)

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