flexible applies to something which may or may not be resilient or elastic but which can be bent or folded without breaking.

FLEXIBLE definition: capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent. See examples of flexible used in a sentence.

Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable.

FLEXIBLE definition: 1. able to change or be changed easily according to the situation: 2. able to bend or to be bent…. Learn more.

Definition of flexible adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (approving) able to change to suit new conditions or situations. Our plans need to be flexible enough to cater for the …

Flexible, limber, pliant refer to that which bends easily. Flexible refers to that which is capable of being bent and adds sometimes the idea of compressibility or expansibility: a flexible piece of rubber hose.

That may be adapted or accommodated; capable of receiving different forms, or of being applied to a variety of uses; plastic: as, a flexible language; a flexible text.