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Another word for supple

Adjective

  1. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure

    2. See also:

    flexible

  2. Capable of withstanding stress without injury

    3. See also:

    flexible

  3. Easily altered or influenced

    4. See also:

    flexible

  4. Capable of adapting or being adapted

    5. See also:

    change

  5. Willing to carry out the wishes of others

    6. See also:

    resist

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Another word for supple

Modifier
    2. See also:

    flexible

    rubber

    flexible

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Sentence Examples

  • The man was much more supple than his age would suggest.

  • Natasha rose slowly and carefully, crossed herself, and stepped cautiously on the cold and dirty floor with her slim, supple, bare feet.

  • Jessi's body was supple and relaxed in his arms, her gray eyes wide and her features flushed.

  • In Milan he helped to place Lodovico it Moro in power in 1479, but he reaped less from this supple tyrant than he had expected.

  • He couldn't shake the fire in his blood or the sense of how soft her supple skin, how warm her body felt beneath him.

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