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flexibleness|ˈflɛksɪb(ə)lnɪs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
= flexibility in various senses.
1612–15Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xix. iii, If this son of Chenaanah had not had..a heart of lead for flexiblenesse to humours and times. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. App. 1 They..perceive in the Superior such a flexibleness, as to pass by their faults. 1692Locke Educ. §199. 255 The flexibleness of the former part of a Man's Age. |