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flexibly 音標拼音: [fl'ɛksəbli] ad. 易曲地,柔軟地,如意地 易曲地,柔軟地,如意地 flexibly adv 1: with flexibility; "` Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly" [ ant: { inflexibly}] Flexible \ Flex" i* ble\, a. [ L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.] 1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. [ 1913 Webster] When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. [ 1913 Webster] Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. [ 1913 Webster] This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -- Rogers. Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile; obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- { Flex" i* ble* ness}, n. -- { Flex" i* bly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster]
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