a manner that shows flexibility in response to what the situation demands; to play it by ear, to see which way the wind blows

correspondence to / (computing) compatibility / dealing with

to correspond to / to respond, to keep up with

ability; capability; capacity; faculty

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(informal) cruelly brusque treatment

(informal) astonishingly kind treatment

capacity, competence