† ˈflexive, a. Obs.
[f. L. flex- ppl. stem of flectĕre to bend + -ive.]
Tending to bend, flexible.
| 1629 Davenant Albovine iii. Dram. Wks. 1872 I. 55 Be flexive in your smiles. 1647 R. Stapylton Juvenal xiv. 303 To cast his flexive body through a hoope. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. 329 These heavy spikes of flowers..bend the slender flexive stems to the ground. |
Hence ˈflexively adv.
| 1651 Fuller's Abel Rediv., Myconius 141 His heart was alwayes flexively inclind To what was good. |