How to spell flexible

Flexible is spelled F-L-E-X-I-B-L-E.

hear itflex·i·ble/'flɛksəbəl/adjectiveSchwa and roots

What it means: Able to bend easily or adapt to change.

In a sentence: The gymnast is very flexible.

Same family: flexibility, inflexible, flexibly, flex, reflexible. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Flexible comes from Latin 'flexibilis', from 'flectere', meaning 'to bend'. This same root appears in words like 'reflex' and 'flexibility', all connected to the idea of bending or being easily bent.

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