flexible

adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/ / /ˈflɛk.sə.bəl/ / /ˈflek.sɪ.bəl/

Etymology: From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
“When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.”
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
“Phocion the Athenian (a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people[…]”
“Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.”
Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
“You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.”
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
“a flexible language”
“This they foresaw was a Principle more flexible to their Purpose”

Etymology: From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

Something that is flexible.
“Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.”