bendiness
Ability to flex
Bendiness is the quality of being bendy—flexible, pliable, able to curve without breaking.
The word appears most often in casual or playful contexts: The bendiness of the new phone concerned reviewers.
It can describe physical properties of materials or, figuratively, adaptability in rules or thinking.
Ability to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- pliantnessCapacity to bend easily
- flexionDecreasing a joint angle
bendability · articulation · range · double-jointed · contortion · flexuous · sinuous · lissome
Capacity for elastic recovery
- rubberinessElastic, yielding quality
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- stretchinessAbility to elongate
- bounceSpring back after impact
give · resilience · flexural · contractile · memory · viscoelasticity · tensile · stretch
Ability to stretch unbroken
- formabilityEase of being shaped
- workabilityEase of handling material
- plasticityAbility to change shape
- moldabilityCapacity to be shaped
softness · manipulability · compliance · deformability · impressibility · pliancy
pliability
Ability to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- pliantnessCapacity to bend easily
flexion · bendability · articulation · range · double-jointed · contortion · flexuous · sinuous · lissome · lithe
springiness
Capacity for elastic recovery
- rubberinessElastic, yielding quality
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- stretchinessAbility to elongate
bounce · give · resilience · flexural · contractile · memory · viscoelasticity · tensile · stretch · recovery
ductility
Ability to stretch unbroken
- formabilityEase of being shaped
- workabilityEase of handling material
- plasticityAbility to change shape
moldability · softness · manipulability · compliance · deformability · impressibility · pliancy
rubber
Elastic polymer from trees
elastomer · neoprene · silicone · willow · bamboo · wire · gooseneck · rattan · whippy · wicker