English-Finnish translations for flexible

• joustava
  Olen ollut joustava, aivan kuten direktiivikin on joustava. I have been flexible, just as the Directive is flexible.
  Joustava sääntö ei olekaan enää sääntö. A flexible rule ceases to be a rule.
  Paketti on joustava, mutta myös kyllin selkeä. The package is flexible, but clear enough.
• kimmoisa
• notkea

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