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Grammar : Noun
Spell : suhp-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌp əl

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Définition of suppleness

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).
  • noun flexibility
Example sentences :
  • The suppleness of the Angora's tail is also a mark of fine breeding.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • He ran off as if his limbs had regained their youthful strength and suppleness.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • He lacked alike the sagacity, the foresight, and the suppleness of Leopold.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • During this operation the skin had dried, and consequently lost its suppleness.
  • Extract from : « Practical Taxidermy » by Montagu Browne
  • She had caught a glimpse of Wilfrid's suppleness and selfishness.
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
  • In adroit resource and suppleness no diplomatist could match him.
  • Extract from : « Horace » by William Tuckwell
  • I have admired your suppleness and your aptitude to enter into the soul of all the talents.
  • Extract from : « Charles Baudelaire, His Life » by Thophile Gautier
  • It must have possessed some suppleness, which was probably an advantage in a stormy sea.
  • Extract from : « Capitals of the Northlands » by Ian C. Hannah
  • This suppleness of the wrist, just enough and not too much, is what is called "hands."
  • Extract from : « Riding and Driving » by Edward L. Anderson
  • On either side there was an equality of strength, agility, and suppleness.
  • Extract from : « The Thirteen » by Honore de Balzac
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