resilient
strong and flexible
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Street children surprisingly healthy -- their health... doesn't prove that they live a fine life - it is fraught with great danger,... These kids are RESILIENT and self-reliant and adapt physically to the difficult conditions of homelessness.
(BBC News - 13 April, 2002)
(BBC News - 13 April, 2002)
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re-sil-ient
1. Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune.
2. Capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed.
Synonyms: flexible, elastic, resilient, supple
These adjectives refer literally to what is capable of withstanding stress without injury and figuratively to what can undergo change or modification:
a FLEXIBLE wire; FLEXIBLE plans; an ELASTIC rubber band; an ELASTIC interpretation of the law; thin, RESILIENT copper; a RESILIENT temperament; SUPPLE suede; a SUPPLE mind.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
1. Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune.
2. Capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed.
Synonyms: flexible, elastic, resilient, supple
These adjectives refer literally to what is capable of withstanding stress without injury and figuratively to what can undergo change or modification:
a FLEXIBLE wire; FLEXIBLE plans; an ELASTIC rubber band; an ELASTIC interpretation of the law; thin, RESILIENT copper; a RESILIENT temperament; SUPPLE suede; a SUPPLE mind.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
