My body is not as supple as it once was.
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Supple
//ˈsʌpəl//
Synonyms for "supple" (182 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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52 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- гъвкав adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- гъвкав adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
- еластичен adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- податлив adj (compliant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 柔软 adj (pliant, easy to bend)
Dutch
1 entries- soepel adj (pliant, easy to bend)
Finnish
4 entries- myöntyvä adj (compliant)
- notkea adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- notkea adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
- taipuisa adj (pliant, easy to bend)
French
3 entries- souple adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- souple adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
- souple adj (compliant)
German
1 entries- geschmeidig adj (pliant, easy to bend)
Hungarian
4 entries- engedelmes adj (compliant)
- hajlékony adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- hajlékony adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
- rugalmas adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
Irish
1 entries- scaoilte adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
Italian
2 entries- duttile adj (compliant)
- malleabile adj (compliant)
Middle English
4 entries- souple adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- souple adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
- souple adj (compliant)
- souplen verb (to make or become supple)
Māori
4 entries- kōngehengehe adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- moruki adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
- pīngawingawi adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- raungawari adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bøyelig adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- bøyelig adj (compliant)
- føyelig adj (compliant)
- smidig adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
Occitan
4 entries- domètge adj (compliant)
- plegadís adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- sople adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- sople adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
Romanian
1 entries- suplu adj (pliant, easy to bend)
Slovak
1 entries- poddajný adj (pliant, easy to bend)
Spanish
3 entries- blando adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- elástico adj (pliant, easy to bend)
- flexible adj (pliant, easy to bend)
Swedish
1 entries- smidig adj (lithe and agile when moving and bending)
Sample sentences
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She claimed that yoga could make anyone's body supple.
Source: tatoeba (9032579)
The supple stave slid gracefully through the opening.
Source: tatoeba (10522425)
Through the practice of yoga, the students’ bodies became more supple.
Source: tatoeba (10522480)
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