English-Dutch translations for flexible

• flexibel
  De verordening is heel flexibel. The regulation is very flexible.
  Een flexibele regel is geen regel. A flexible rule ceases to be a rule.
  Het pact is overigens flexibel genoeg. The Pact is flexible enough as it is.
• aanpasbaar
  Zij moeten beseffen dat wat dit Parlement eerder heeft aangenomen een flexibel, aanpasbaar en ambitieus juridisch instrument is, dat bovendien niet buitensporig prescriptief is. They should remember that what this Parliament previously adopted is not only a flexible, adaptable and ambitious legal instrument but also one which is not excessively prescriptive.
• beweegbaar
• buigbaar
• buigzaam
• inschikkelijk
  Met alle respect voor het voorzitterschap van de Raad en uw persoon betreur ik het dat de Nederlandse regering zich niet zo inschikkelijk heeft getoond als de Italiaanse regering. However much regard I have for your Presidency of the Council and for you personally, I found it regrettable that the Italian Government took a more flexible approach than did its Dutch counterpart.
• lenig
• smijdig
• toegevend

Definition of flexible

• Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking
• Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate
• Capable or being adapted or molded in some way
• Something that is flexible

Examples

• When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -William Shakespeare
• Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - Francis Bacon
• Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. - William Shakespeare
• a flexible language
• This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers

Related words

• inflexible
• heteroflexible
• homoflexible
• flexible intermediate bulk container of radioactive waste