flexibility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
    flexibleness.
  2. noun the quality of being adaptable or variable
    flexibleness.
    • he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement
  3. noun the trait of being easily persuaded
    tractability; tractableness.

WordNet

Flex`i*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite.
Definitions
  1. 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. Sir I. Newton.
    All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay.

Webster 1913