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Definitions for Suppleness
[1] bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
[2] characterized by ease in bending; limber; lithe: supple movements.
[3] characterized by ease, responsiveness, and adaptability in mental action.
[4] compliant or yielding.
[5] obsequious; servile.
[6] to make or become supple.
[7] bending easily without damage
[8] capable of or showing easy or graceful movement; lithe
[9] mentally flexible; responding readily
[10] disposed to agree, sometimes to the point of servility
[11] rare to make or become supple
Words related to Suppleness
suppleresiliency, pliability, affability, plasticity, give, spring, pliancy, elasticity, bounce, complaisance, tractability, springiness, malleability, compliance, ductility, resilience, docility, flaccidity, adjustability, extensibility
Words nearby Suppleness
supplesupper, supper club, suppertime, suppiluliumas i, supplant, supple, supplejack, supplely, supplement, supplemental, supplemental air
Origin of Suppleness
1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English souple flexible, compliant < Old French: soft, yielding, lithe < Latin supplic- (stem of supplex ) submissive, suppliant, equivalent to sup- sup- + -plic-, variously explained as akin to plicāre to fold1, bend (thus meaning “bent over”; cf. complex), or to plācāre to placate1 (thus meaning “in the attitude of a suppliant”); (v.) Middle English supplen to soften, derivative of the noun (compare Old French asoplir )
Other words from Suppleness
sup·ple·ness , noun
un·sup·ple , adjective
un·sup·ple·ness , noun
un·sup·p·ly , adverb
Word origin for Suppleness
C13: from Old French souple, from Latin supplex bowed
Synonyms for Suppleness
affability, bounce, complaisance, compliance, docility, ductility, elasticity, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, litheness, malleability, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, tractability, adjustability, extensibility, limberness, malleableness, pliableness, tensility