flexibility

Definition

The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

Etymology

From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“I bend, curve”). Equivalent to flexible + -ity = flex + -ibility.

Example Sentences

• "Whether redundancies come and whether they result in industrial action remains to be seen, but it's clear that the RMT is not prepared to show any flexibility towards rail companies."
• "I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast."
• "For millions of people like Poteat, pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities have made health care much more accessible. […] “What the flexibility of telehealth allows during Covid was to shift gears extraordinarily rapidly,” said Dr. Shawn Ryan, a regional director of the American Society of Addiction Medicine."

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