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.
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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!
The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams.
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.
A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.
The best gold is supple.
Supple as a glove.