Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flexibility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flexibility \Flex`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. flexibilitas: cf. F.
flexibilite.]
The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness;
pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of
hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.
--Sir I. Newton.
All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flexibility
n 1: the property of being flexible [syn: {flexibleness}] [ant: {inflexibility}]
2: the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the
flexibility of his working arrangement" [ant: {inflexibility}]
3: the trait of being easily persuaded [syn: {tractability}, {tractableness}]
[ant: {intractability}]
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