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Supplely

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sup·ple  (spl)
adj. sup·pler, sup·plest
1. Readily bent; pliant.
2. Moving and bending with agility; limber.
3. Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable. See Synonyms at flexible.
tr. & intr.v. sup·pled, sup·pling, sup·ples
To make or become supple.

[Middle English souple, from Old French, from Latin supplex, suppliant; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots.]

supple·ness n.
supply, supple·ly adv.


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He announced the first encore, Sibelius' "Valse Triste," so supplely executed that the cheering only escalated.
Pitch became increasingly a problem over the opera's two-hour stretch,) Through sounding slightly under the weather slightly under the weather, that sterling Straussian Anne Schwanewilms Anne Schwanewilms still made about the best Chrysothemis imaginable; and Jane Henschel supplely commanded every twist and turn of Klytamnestra's angular vocal line and dream-contorted psyche.
Antonov's Siegfried was given to thought, like Hamlet, Yet had allegro strength; Neal was lighter in character and supplely elegant.
 
 
 
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