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1. Moving and bending with ease
   "Her hands are white and long and supple";
   - lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, svelte, sylphlike
    
2. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
   "a supple mind";
   - limber
    
3. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
   - limber

1. Make pliant and flexible
   "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

Derived forms: suppling, supplest, suppled, suppler, supples

See also: flexible, flexile, graceful

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Supple