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bendable collapse: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

springy collapse: (of movements) light and confidently active; "he walked away with a springy step"

ductile collapse: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"; easily influenced

limber collapse: a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson; (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely; (used of artifacts) easily bent; (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"; cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"; attach the limber; "limber a cannon"

flexuous collapse: having turns or windings; "the flexuous bed of the stream"

impressionable collapse: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"

agile collapse: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"; mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"

facile collapse: performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"; arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

tractable collapse: easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

adaptable collapse: capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"

elastic collapse: a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material; capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"; able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

flexible collapse: bending and snapping back readily without breaking; able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"; capable of being changed; "flexible schedules"

susceptible collapse: (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"; easily impressed emotionally

supple collapse: make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

graceful collapse: characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

formative collapse: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function; forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"; capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"; susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"

receptive collapse: able to absorb liquid (not repellent); "the paper is ink-receptive"; open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"; ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals"

giving collapse: disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"; the act of giving; the imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily"

yielding collapse: tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington; lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"; inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person"

compliant collapse: disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"

submissive collapse: inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

responsive collapse: readily reacting to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience"; readily reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals or efforts; "keeping government in America responsive to the will of the people"; readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student"; containing or using responses or antiphons recited or sung in alternation; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal liturgy"

slender collapse: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"; small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"; having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"; very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

sensitive collapse: of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security; hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"; responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"; being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"

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