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supple

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1. supple - Adjective

2. supple - Verb

3. supple - Adjective Satellite

4. Supple - Proper noun

Meaning

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.

Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.

To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.

To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

To become soft and pliant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A woman's body is a dark and monstrous mystery; between her supple thighs a heavy whirlpool swirls, two rivers crash, and woe to him who slips and falls! Nikos Kazantzakis

The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams. Claude Debussy

The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking. Isadora Duncan

A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken. Malawi Proverb

The best gold is supple. Corsican Proverb

Supple as a glove. Dutch Proverb

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