supple

  • 31supple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. limber, lithe, pliant, flexible; yielding, compliant, adaptable; fawning, servile. See softness.Ant., inflexible, rigid, stiff. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. flexible, yielding, pliant, agile; see… …

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  • 32supple — adj. RG. 223. Fr. souple …

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  • 33supple — sup·ple || sÊŒpl adj. easy to bend, pliant; limber, able to move and bend with ease; compliant, adaptable …

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  • 34supple — adjective (suppler, supplest) flexible or pliant. verb make more flexible. Derivatives supplely (also supply) adverb suppleness noun Origin ME: from OFr. souple, from L. supplex, supplic submissive , from sub under + placere propitiate …

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  • 35supple — adj 1. pliant, flexible, pliable, bendable; elastic, extensible, stretchable; ductile, tractile, plastic, flexuous, flexile; whippy, springy, nonrigid, giving, fictile. 2. limber, lithe, lissom, lithesome, Archaic. lithy; willowy, loose limbed,… …

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  • 36supple — sup·ple …

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  • 37supple — [ˈsʌp(ə)l] adj able to move and bend easily suppleness noun [U] …

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  • 38supple —   Palupalu, olu.   Also: wali, waliwali, wawali …

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  • 39supple-jack — …

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  • 40Tim Supple — is an English theatre and opera director, with a reputation for breathing new life into familiar stories.Tim Supple began working as an assistant director at the York Theatre Royal.Between 1988 and 1991 he directed at the Crucible Theatre in… …

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