Synonyms for supple

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suhp-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌp əl

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Définition of supple

Origin : c.1300, from Old French souple "pliant, flexible," from Gallo-Romance *supples, from Latin supplex (genitive supplicis) "submissive, humbly begging," literally "bending, kneeling down," thought to be an altered form of *supplacos "humbly pleading, appeasing," from sub "under" + placare "appease" (see placate).

adj bendable

Example sentences :

I ought to be supple enough after the practice of these three days.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Year by year she grew, a brown-faced cherub, strong-limbed and supple.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

And never before had she seemed to him so supple and so strong.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Her wet garment outlined her supple figure and her high bosom.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

I bent over to her rapidly and threw my arm around her supple waist.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

He had the classic style, accurate, evenly balanced, and supple.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

How straight and supple she was, yet how dainty and slight withal!
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

While the limbs are still soft and supple they trail full length on the ground.
Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon

But since the day of the funeral her supple nature had unbent.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

And so on it goes, winding in among the tree-trunks, slender and supple as a young girl.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

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