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Verb
S:
(v)
supple
(make pliant and flexible)
"These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
lissome
,
lissom
,
lithe
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lithesome
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supple
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sinuous
(gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease)
S:
(adj)
limber
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supple
((used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable)
"a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
S:
(adj)
limber
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supple
((used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely)