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suppleness

noun

Etymology

From supple + -ness.

  1. derived from souple
  2. inherited from souple
  3. formed as suppleness — “supple + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being supple

    The quality of being supple; litheness.

    • Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for suppleness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA