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Definition of Flexibility

1. Noun. The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped.

2. Noun. The quality of being adaptable or variable. "He enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement"

3. Noun. The trait of being easily persuaded.

Definition of Flexibility

1. n. The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.

Definition of Flexibility

1. Noun. The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability. ¹

2. Noun. The quality of having options. "I have some flexibility." ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flexibility

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flexibility

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Literary usage of Flexibility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oecd Economic Surveys: United Kingdom by OECD. (2005)
"Impressive macroeconomic performance also reflects flexibility in labour and product markets Flexible labour and product markets have underpinned ..."

2. U. S. Spectrum Management Policy: Agenda for the Future (1994)
"As such, by increasing the flexibility of the spectrum management system, ... Promoting flexibility helps ensure that the spectrum can be used for the ..."

3. Health Insurance: Management Strategies Used by Large Employers to Control Costs by Michael Gutowski (1998)
"Benefit managers we spoke with stressed the value of flexibility in developing and ... The term flexibility conveys a mix of nimbleness, latitude, ..."

4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"Most universal, perhaps, is lack of flexibility in There never is complete ease of variation, such as to bring about the steady accommodation of supply to ..."

5. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"Most universal, perhaps, is lack of flexibility in supply. There never is complete ease of variation, such as to bring about the steady accommodation of ..."

6. Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration; Copper by Herbert Hoover (1909)
"flexibility to fluctuation in volume and head. 3. Reliability. 4. ... flexibility. — flexibility in plant is necessary because volume and head of water are ..."

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