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 

• FLEXILE (adjective)

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)