flexibly

flexible | American Dictionary

flexible
adjective
us/ˈflek·sə·bəl/

flexibleadjective (CHANGEABLE)

able to change or be changed easily according to the situation:
I’m fortunate because my job has flexible hours, and I can come and go pretty much as I want.

flexibleadjective (ABLE TO BEND)

able to bend or be bent easily without breaking:
The wire has to be flexible enough to go around corners of the room.

flexible | Business English

flexible
adjective
uk /ˈfleksɪbl/us
a flexible person or company can work in different ways, at different times, or in different places when it is necessary:
How can we encourage employees to be more flexible?
be flexible about sthCompanies can now be more flexible about where they site their operations.
a flexible approach/attitude
something that is flexible can change or be changed according to the situation:
The pay and benefits are good, and the hours are flexible.
a flexible mortgage/loanWith a flexible mortgage you can pay more or less than your agreed monthly payment.
flexible work/jobs
a flexible pension

flexibility

noun[ U ]uk /ˌfleksɪˈbɪlɪti/ us /-ətIi/
The job requires flexibility, but is very rewarding.

Examples of flexible

flexible
The concise size and scope of the book make it extremely flexible for classroom use.
The flexible extreme defined by the parts-of-speech hierarchy is a language with no lexical specialization at all.
More research on the complex and flexible contemporary relationships between affluent older people and their children is required.
Most important in the context of the present analysis, the survey asks respondents about their take-up of flexible working options at the workplace.
Flexible space category learning occurs when new categorizations cannot be represented with the features available.
The idea that evolved learning mechanisms in humans are sensitive to cultural influences (and are therefore flexible) must be explained rather than assumed.
An exper t system for scheduling robots in a flexible electroplating system with dynamically changing workloads.
The structure of the musical interventions is designed to be flexible.
Therefore, juveniles should show flexible predation behaviour on thrips larvae depending on spider mite availability.
Flexible programmes differ from all other types of programmes in the following ways.
Algorithms that can be formulated in terms of general, coordinate-independent operations are much more flexible in their use than algorithms tied to particular representations.
They are flexible and can learn anything that a person can learn.
Should we consider these "flexible negotiations" a form of benevolent paternalism?
Thus, keeping plural currencies with flexible exchange ratios was a suitable way to trade in the actual market.
To this end, they can use the plans and specifications provided by the architect as a flexible guideline for the application of their own technologies.
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