flexile

adjective

Definition of flexilenext
as in elastic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexile
  1. elastic
  2. resilient
  3. pliant
  4. limber
  5. flexible
  6. workable
  7. ductile
  8. pliable
Adjective
  • The seams, elastic, and stitching remained in perfect condition.
    Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Spandex and rubber elastic, two of the most common materials sports bras are made out of, lose their compression powers over time, and with it, their ability to keep your breasts in place, says Susan L. Sokolowski, a professor of sports product design at the University of Oregon.
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of elastic
Adjective
  • So in every place the military is taking action today to become more resilient.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Rather than collapsing, Hezbollah has proved both resilient and adaptive.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of resilient
Adjective
  • Some are incredibly brittle, liable to fall apart when they’re made or when they’re slotted between the electrodes; others are softer and more pliant, but can’t be exposed to moisture.
    Gregory Barber, WIRED, 6 June 2022
  • Or, scarier still, from complete GOP control of Washington, with Trump in the White House, his supplicants running Congress and a pliant Supreme Court dismantling any guardrails keeping a vengeance-minded president in check.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
Definition of pliant
Adjective
  • Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 June 2022
Definition of limber
Adjective
  • Building codes should be updated now to be flexible enough to apply to a range of existing and emerging products.
    Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Borrowers enjoy flexible funding capabilities, which is in stark contrast to banks that are typically slow moving, highly regulated and marked by a cumbersome credit box and processes.
    Christian Faes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of flexible
Adjective
  • At least those 900 million Windows 10 users have another year before support ends—absent a surprise Microsoft support extension, an affordable support package or a workable workaround.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • According to the website, submissions this year were due June 17, and eligibility required being an identifying woman or non-binary director or writer with a workable project seeking guidance and funding.
    Nandi Howard, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of workable
Adjective
  • Plate tectonics is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of fragments of the earth's rigid outermost shell on an inner ductile layer.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • At the atomic level, there are principally four phases of auto steel, including the hardest yet most brittle, called martensite, and the more ductile austenite.
    John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of ductile
Adjective
  • Chappell Roan represents a brave new generation of artists who aren’t as pliable or agreeable as their pop forebears—less willing to cozy up to political power and a little more aware, independent, and in control of their influence.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The silicone bristles are extremely pliable, and it’s recommended to gently use circular motions as the 8,000 pulsations per minute penetrate the skin.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of pliable
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