Something that is flexible is easily bent without breaking.
The flexible drinking straw was invented in the 1930s by a man who saw his daughter struggling to drink a milkshake with a straight.
Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure:
Ductile, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable.
Able to change or be changed easily according to the situation:
Able to bend or to be bent.
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A flexible object or material can be bent easily without breaking.
Brushes with long, flexible bristles.
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.
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.
Capable of bending or being bent;
Easily changed able to change or to do different things
Capable of being bent, usually without breaking;
Easily bent.
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