supple

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  1. adjective Readily bent; pliant.
  2. adjective Moving and bending with agility; limber.
  3. adjective Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable. See Synonyms at flexible.
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  • Lovely suspension calibration, supple, and comfortable but with minimal body roll and decent adhesion. —  Crave: The gadget blog
  • The traditionally blanched celery stalks were tender, supple, and toothsome. —  Popular Science
  • I real like the quality and leather which is real supple, also the toe and no heel works real swell for my steez. —  12ozPROPHET CREW BLOGS
  • It requires horses to be supple, able to gallop, change direction, stand still and be obedient to the rider's aids. —  Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
  • The ride is supple, the engine noise subsides and the cosseting cabin is quiet even at motorway speeds. —  Auto Express: News
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lithe ·  agile ·  sinuous ·  slim ·  pliant ·  flexible ·  muscular ·  graceful ·  elastic ·  shapely ·  limber ·  sleek
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English souple, from Old French, from Latin supplex, suppliant; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also dial. souple (pron. soup′l and sö′pl); from Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple, French souple, pliant, flexible, easily bent, supple, = Italian supplice, humble, suppliant, from Latin supplex, subplex (-plic-), humble, suppliant; not found in the literally sense ‘bending under,’ ‘bending down’; from sub, under, + plicare, bend, fold: see plicate, plait. Cf. supplicate.
  2. from Middle English souplen; from supple, adjective
 

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