flexible
They will use the funds flexibly to meet the needs of their local communities.
The company must respond flexibly to changing market conditions.
They can think flexibly and develop alternative strategies to accomplish their goals.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Adapting and modifying
acclimate
acclimation
acclimatization
acclimatize
acclimatize to something
ambidextrous
amendment
chameleon
change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom
configure
counter-adaptation
pliantly
preadaptation
preadaptive
put something back
put something/someone forward
unadapted
unamended
write someone out of something
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Examples of flexibly

flexibly
They contend that the concentration of interests into large peak associations enables economic actors to react flexibly during hard economic times.
This structure is very general and can be flexibly extended to diverse representations of location.
They acted flexibly in the choice of foreign materials and machines.
Since schemata are flexible, however, this projected completion can be flexibly organized and can be adapted to the task at hand.
The second domain (domain 2) is flexibly linked to the remainder of the protein.
This has been done with particular applications in mind, that is, their smart home and outdoor applications-and is not flexibly extensible beyond them.
Though some were undoubtedly inefficiently or corruptly used, far more were not only diligently maintained but flexibly applied to suit changing needs.
Humans have more sophisticated capabilities to form representations of their environment and choose flexibly among behaviors.
The granularity policy has rules to ensure that work can be distributed efficiently and thus utilize workers as flexibly as possible.
Indeed, the language of preschool children is charmingly creative, suggesting that from a very early age children can use their language flexibly.
The time of a ' carer ' is available flexibly and for long periods.
Many have a poor understanding of grammar, which makes future language learning difficult and limits their ability to use language flexibly.
The activities are scheduled flexibly to cope with uncertainty, and resources must be allocated dynamically.
Do they develop several alternative problem-solving strategies that they can maneuver through more flexibly?
I can use language flexibly and effectively for social and professional purposes.
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