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Suppleness

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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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Noun1.suppleness - the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
lissomeness, litheness
gracefulness - beautiful carriage
2.suppleness - the property of being pliant and flexible
pliancy, pliantness
bendability, pliability - the property of being easily bent without breaking
3.suppleness - adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization"
pliability, pliancy, pliantness
adaptability - the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances


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But his brilliantly white, strong teeth which showed in two unbroken semicircles when he laughed- as he often did- were all sound and good, there was not a gray hair in his beard or on his head, and his whole body gave an impression of suppleness and especially of firmness and endurance.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Thinking thus, he slipped, with the suppleness of a serpent, to the lowest branches, the ends of which bent almost to the ground.
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Robed in dismal black, relieved only by the brilliant whiteness of her widow's cap--reclining in a panther-like suppleness of attitude on a little green sofa--she looked at the stranger who had intruded on her, with a moment's languid curiosity, then dropped her eyes again to the hand-screen which she held between her face and the fire.
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