Flexibility and Severity

Flexibility

Flexibility noun - The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped.

Severity is an antonym for flexibility.

Nearby Words: flexible, flex, flexibly, flexion

Severity

Severity noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: even though no one expected the film to be a hit with the critics, the director was taken aback by the severity of the criticism

Flexibility is an antonym for severity.

Nearby Words: severe, sever, severely, severally

How words are described

high high flexibility high severity
sheer sheer flexibility sheer severity
little little flexibility little severity
potential potential flexibility potential severity
Other adjectives: incredible, unusual, greater.
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