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- [flek-sil or, esp. British, -sahyl]
- /ˈflɛk sɪl or, esp. British, -saɪl/
- /ˈflek.sɪl/
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- [flek-sil or, esp. British, -sahyl]
- /ˈflɛk sɪl or, esp. British, -saɪl/
Definitions of flexile word
- adjective flexile flexible; pliant; tractable; adaptable. 1
- noun flexile Pliant and flexible. 1
- adjective flexile able to be bent easily without breaking; pliable 0
- adjective flexile flexible; pliant; mobile 0
- adjective flexile Capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking. 0
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Origin of flexile
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35, flexile is from the Latin word flexilis pliant, pliable. See flex1, -ile
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flexile popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
flexile usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flexile
adj flexile
- flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- ductile — (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire.
- flexuous — full of bends or curves; sinuous.
- moldable — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- plastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
adjective flexile
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
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