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FLEXILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flexile mean?
• FLEXILE (adjective)
The adjective FLEXILE has 1 sense:
1. able to flex; able to bend easily
Familiarity information: FLEXILE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to flex; able to bend easily
Synonyms:
flexible; flexile
Context example:
slim flexible birches
Similar:
bendable; pliable; pliant; waxy (capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking)
double-jointed (having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers)
limber; supple ((used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely)
limber ((used of artifacts) easily bent)
spinnable; spinnbar (capable of being spun into fibres)
stretched ((of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching)
Also:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
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