† flexiveadj.
Obsolete.
Tending to bend, flexible.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]
tougha700
lithyc1000
softc1330
weak?a1366
plianta1382
persha1398
plyinga1398
lithec1400
supplec1400
plicable?a1425
curvable?1440
lethec1440
scretec1440
pliablec1475
bowable1483
bowing1483
waldinc1485
supple1513
flexible1548
limber1565
lither1565
bending1567
osier1577
wiry1588
buxom1590
withy1598
suppliable1599
renderingc1600
fluxible1607
winding1609
bendable1611
flippant1622
flexive1629
flexile1633
maniable1633
compliant1667
flectible1705
limp1706
yieldy1757
complying1774
limberly1782
willowy1791
switchy1810
wandy1825
twistable1853
bendsome1861
whippy1867
swack1868
bendy1873
1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine iii, in Dram. Wks. (1872) I. 55 Be flexive in your smiles.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs xiv. 303 To cast his flexive body through a hoope.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 329 These heavy spikes of flowers..bend the slender flexive stems to the ground.
Derivatives
ˈflexively adv.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adverb]
fluxibly1471
flexibly1607
pliablya1631
flexively1651
supplely1832
1651 Poem in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 141 His heart was alwayes flexively inclind To what was good.
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