flexibleness

Definitions of flexibleness
  1. noun
    the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
    synonyms: flexibility
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    types:
    bendability, pliability
    the property of being easily bent without breaking
    whip
    (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
    pliancy, pliantness, suppleness
    the property of being pliant and flexible
    type of:
    malleability, plasticity
    the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
  2. noun
    the quality of being adaptable or variable
    synonyms: flexibility
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    types:
    wiggle room
    flexibility of interpretation or of options
    type of:
    adaptability
    the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
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