Crossword clues for flexibly
flexibly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flexible \Flex"i*ble\, a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]
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Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.
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Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people.
--Bacon.Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.
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Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
--Rogers.Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile; obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- Flex"i*ble*ness, n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv.
Wiktionary
adv. in a flexible manner
WordNet
adv. with flexibility; "`Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly" [ant: inflexibly]
Usage examples of "flexibly".
The forward pair of legs did double duty as arms, and when the creatures carried thingstottering in the low gravity and intermittently dropping a front limb for temporary balanceBram was amazed to see the tubelike abdomen curve flexibly around to assist with the grip.
Past efforts at nation building have generally worked best when they were conducted flexibly.
He shows an "ability to use his styles flexibly, adaptively, suiting the dance to the music.
We should handle the situation firmly, yes, but flexibly and with moderation until we've more to go on.