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  • She is as supple as a gymnast.
    supple = moves and bends easily
  • But he was a Mycenaean prince, honed and supple, trained to combat from his cradle.  (source)
    supple = moving and bending easily
  • Supple leather that has molded to my feet.  (source)
    Supple = soft and pliable (easily bent)
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  • Not to worry, we'll find the perfect match here somewhere—I wonder, now— —yes, why not—unusual combination—holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple.  (source)
    supple = bending easily
  • But she had loved for her to rinse them because afterward, Esperanza would take Mama's hands and put the palms on her own face so she could feel their suppleness and breathe in the fresh smell.  (source)
    suppleness = softness and pliability (ease of bending)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • My limbs move supplely, I feel my joints strong, I breathe the air deeply. The night lives, I live.  (source)
    supplely = with ease and grace
  • I do beseech you That are of suppler joints, follow them swiftly And hinder them from what this ecstasy May now provoke them to.†  (source)
    suppler = moving and bending easier
  • In his head, he could roam anywhere, and he found that his mind was quick and clear, his imagination unfettered and supple.  (source)
    supple = easily adapting as needed
  • Strength and suppleness came back to my muscles.  (source)
    suppleness = moving and bending easily
  • She was very close to me, with the laughter still on her face—and echoing somehow deep inside me—and I was holding her hand, as I had held it a long time back, fifteen years back, twenty years back, to help her up to stand swaying for an instant in front of me before I could put my arm around her and feel her waist surrender supplely to the cup of my hand.†  (source)
    supplely = moving and bending in an easy manner
  • In spite of hoeing her garden, cooking half of every day, and scrubbing and mending for whites, Mabel's hand was supple.  (source)
    supple = soft and pliable (easily bent)
  • His suppleness even exceeded his strength.  (source)
    suppleness = moving and bending easily
  • She smiled wanly at the eyes he was making, put a hand to the braid at the back of her head, and preceded him down the stairs—soundlessly, supplely, her head thrust slightly forward.†  (source)
    supplely = moving and bending in an easy manner
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