| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Capable of adapting or being adapted: adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, elastic, malleable, pliable, pliant, supple. See CHANGE. 2. Capable of withstanding stress without injury: elastic, flexile, resilient, springy, supple. Physics : plastic. See FLEXIBLE. 3. Easily altered or influenced: ductile, elastic, flexile, impressionable, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, suggestible, supple. See FLEXIBLE. 4. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable. See FLEXIBLE.
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