Both Uses of
supple
in
Ethan Frome
- Denis Eady was the son of Michael Eady, the ambitious Irish grocer, whose suppleness and effrontery had given Starkfield its first notion of "smart" business methods, and whose new brick store testified to the success of the attempt.†
Chpt 1 *
- Ethan had no suppleness in deceiving.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(supple) moving and bending easily -- sometimes used figuratively to indicate mental flexibility when adapting to different conditions