flexile
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The flexile willow, and the waving reed; The fenny bulrush, osier, and the cane Diminutive, the stagnant depth conceal'd.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
But chief at sea, whose every flexile wave Obeys the blast, the aerial tumult swells.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
One is an admirable imitation of Indian corn in tassel, the silky fibres as fine and flexile as can be imagined; another is a group of ostrich plumes, so downy that a zephyr waves it.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
The long pale-green chains at the ends of all the branches hang limp and flexile, shaken with every breath of wind, or, falling over other branches, drape and festoon the whole shrub exquisitely.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Goneril blushed; her hat had slipped back and showed her short brown curls of hair, strong, regular, features, and flexile scarlet mouth, laughing upwards like a faun's.
From Tales from Many Sources Vol. V by Various
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