Both Uses of
flexible
in
The War of the Worlds
- Machine it was, with a ringing metallic pace, and long, flexible, glittering tentacles (one of which gripped a young pine tree) swinging and rattling about its strange body.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- He presented them as tilted, stiff tripods, without either flexibility or subtlety, and with an altogether misleading monotony of effect.†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(flexible) bendable or adaptablein various senses, including:
- easily bent without physical damage or injury -- as of a hose or gymnast
- able to adjust readily to different conditions -- as of a plan
- willing to make concessions -- as of a negotiator or a boss