That may be bent; capable of being turned or forced from a straight line or form without breaking; pliant; yielding to pressure; not stiff; as a flexible rod; a flexible plant.

Capable of yielding to intreaties, arguments or other moral force; that may be persuaded to compliance; not invincibly rigid; or obstinate; not inexorable. Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. It often denotes, easy or too easy to yield or comply; wavering; inconstant; not firm.

Ductile; manageable; tractable; as the tender and flexible minds of youth. Flexible years or time of life, the time when the mind is tractable.

That may be turned or accommodated. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.