ETYM Latin flexibilis: cf. French flexible.
1. Able to flex; able to bend easily; SYN. flexile.
2. Bends and snaps back readily without breaking.
3. Extended meanings; capable of change.

ETYM Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and Eng. lap, lop.
Not firm; SYN. wilted.

1. Having the consistency of mush.
2. Excessively tender or emotional; especially; mawkishly amorous

1. Lacking in hardness relatively or comparatively.
2. Metaphorically soft
3. Of sound; relatively low in volume
4. Of speech sounds; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as 's' and 'sh').

1. Toned down.
2. Being or made softer or less loud or clear

ETYM Old Eng. souple, French souple, from Latin supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Related to Supplicate.
1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent.
2. Bending to the humor of others; fawning; obsequious.