Suppleness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being supple; litheness. uncountable, usually

    "Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it."

  2. 2
    adaptability of mind or character wordnet
  3. 3
    the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple wordnet
  4. 4
    the property of being pliant and flexible wordnet

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artartfulnessartificecanninessclevernesscraft

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"Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it."

Etymology

From supple + -ness.

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