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The definition of supple is someone or something that bends and moves easily and gracefully.

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The fluid and graceful movements of a dancer are an example of something that would be described as supple.

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adjective suppler, supplest

easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant
able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber: a supple body
easily changed or influenced
adaptable, as to changes: a supple mind

Origin: ME souple < OFr < L supplex, humble, submissive, akin to supplicare: see supplicate

transitive verb, intransitive verb suppled, suppling

to make or become supple

Related Forms:

supplely adverb
suppleness noun

See supple in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective sup·pler, sup·plest

Readily bent; pliant.
Moving and bending with agility; limber.
Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable. See Synonyms at flexible.

tr. & intr.v. sup·pled, sup·pling, sup·ples

To make or become supple.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English souple

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin supplex, suppliant; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

supˈple·ness noun

supˈply, supˈple·ly adverb

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