Supple: alternatives and connections

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

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Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

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Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Quality or state of being sinuous.

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Quality or state of being sinuous.

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The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

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The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

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The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

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Alt. of Lissome

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Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.

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To listen or listen to; to hearken to.

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Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

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Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

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