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Suppleness

Suppleness \Sup"ple*ness\, n. The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

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suppleness

n. The quality of being supple; litheness.

WordNet
suppleness
  1. n. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple [syn: lissomeness, litheness]

  2. the property of being pliant [syn: pliancy, pliantness]

Usage examples of "suppleness".

Though not gifted with the strength and suppleness of a great humorist, he had an intermingled sweetness and brightness beyond even the alchemy of Addison.

By now, the actor has acquired enough suppleness and resiliency to snap into the new role which the relendess dramatist has kept in store for him: that of the masochistic hermit.

Without that great experience musketeers have of a crowd, to which were joined an irresistible strength of wrist, and an uncommon suppleness of shoulders, our two travelers would not have arrived at their place of destination.

She was flat-chested, though an appealing suppleness compensated for her lack of amplitude, and she had a charming feminine delicateness most apparent in her small bones, slender arms, and swanlike neck.

King Apepi was titillated by the suppleness and athleticism of two of the Assyrian female acrobats: so he picked up one under each arm and carried them, kicking and squealing, from the dance floor into the private quarters of the palace.

Her hide had lost some of its suppleness, and her gold underwings some of their luster, her eyes some of their sharpness.