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Adaptability
Alt. of Adaptableness
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Broader term 1
The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…
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The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…
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The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.
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The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.
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The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
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Capable of being adapted.
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Capable of being adapted.
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