Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being limber or easily bent; flexibleness; pliancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Property of being
limber .
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Examples
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A man who really reads a book and reads it well, reads it for moral muscle, spiritual skill, for far-sightedness, for catholicity -- above all for a kind of limberness and suppleness, a swift sure strength through his whole being.
The Lost Art of Reading Gerald Stanley Lee 1903
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And as long as you're not telling him things, don't tell him that in order to compensate for the strange limberness in the vehicle's body structure, to say nothing of the higher weight and center of gravity, the suspension has been firmed up.
A Nissan at CrossPurposes With Competence Dan Neil 2011
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You will notice that the Emotional Stability Routine does not include several types of asans—for example, those that work on limberness of hips and knees and those that stretch the fronts of the thighs and the backs of the legs.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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Time of day, variations in balance and limberness and, 23
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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Please note that there is no standard for limberness.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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The simple routines also help strengthen your nervous system and increase joint limberness and strength.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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These tires go by a ridiculous name — Dunlop SP SportMaxx GT 275/35ZR20 in the rear — but they are very seriously engineered bits and indispensable to the gestalt of the car, which is: balanced; direct; trustworthy; lightweight but with wonderful, gathering momentum; hugely stiff but with a certain useful limberness.
Jaguar Builds a Primped and Pampered Monster Dan Neil 2010
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As your limberness improves, you will be able to lower your knee toward your supporting leg. Your arms are straight overhead, palms together, as before.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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Now here he is throwing the ball, and you see that although he's 6 feet 4 inches he is able, through limberness, to extend his body to roughly 13 linear feet, enabling him to release the ball nearly halfway to home plate.
Strasburg delivers 2010
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Because your body is greatly affected by your reaction to stress, how well you sleep, your diet, and many other factors, you will find that your limberness and sense of balance will vary from day to day.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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