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Flexile

Flexile \Flex"ile\, a. [L. flexilis.] Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
--Wordsworth.

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flexile

a. 1 flexible 2 Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking

WordNet
flexile

adj. able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches" [syn: flexible] [ant: inflexible]

Usage examples of "flexile".

Upon the shore sat a Sicilian who, with vehement gestures and flexile features, was narrating to a group of fishermen and peasants a strange tale of shipwrecked mariners and friendly dolphins—just as at this day, in the modern neighborhood, you may hear upon the Mole of Naples.

From their flexile and unformed minds I can carve out my fittest tools.

Easy, flexile verses, and the artistical formation of them, so that they only brought before the eye existences, hearts, and other such things, obtained from him admiration and applause.