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FLEXIBLENESS

• FLEXIBLENESS (noun)
The noun FLEXIBLENESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
2. the quality of being adaptable or variable

Familiarity information: FLEXIBLENESS used as a noun is rare.

• FLEXIBLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

flexibility; flexibleness

Hypernyms ("flexibleness" is a kind of...):

malleability; plasticity (the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexibleness"):

bendability; pliability (the property of being easily bent without breaking)

whip ((golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The quality of being adaptable or variable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

flexibility; flexibleness

Context example:

he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement

Hypernyms ("flexibleness" is a kind of...):

adaptability (the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexibleness"):

wiggle room (flexibility of interpretation or of options)

"He who laughs last laughs best."
(English proverb)
"A fire should be extinguished when it is small; an enemy should be subdued while young."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"The idea came after the drunkness passed away."
(Arabic proverb)
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
(Corsican proverb)

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