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flexibility

/ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/

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What does flexibility mean?

noun

  1. The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.
  2. The quality of having options.

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/ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/

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The body of the infant also differs from that of the man in possessing greater softness and flexibility.
J. Morris (Josiah Morris) SlemonsThe Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During PregnancyProject Gutenberg ebook #7129
These spars, bows, and ribs are preferably constructed of wood having the necessary strength, combined with lightness and flexibility.
Evelyn Charles Vivian; W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) MarshA History of AeronauticsProject Gutenberg ebook #874
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Organic chemical factories have proved to be not only arsenals in disguise but endowed with the flexibility of their parent, the science itself.
Victor LefebureThe Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and WarProject Gutenberg ebook #1272
Hence adaptation to any special climate may be looked at as a quality readily grafted on an innate wide flexibility of constitution, common to most animals.
Charles DarwinThe Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th EditionProject Gutenberg ebook #2009
A person who is not a Hebrew scholar can only stand aside and admire the marvellous flexibility of a language which admits of such diverse interpretations.
Thomas Henry HuxleyLectures on Evolution Essay #3 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition"Project Gutenberg ebook #2629