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Meanings of suppleness in inglés

portugués
elasticidade
catalán
elasticitat

Adaptability of mind or character.

        elasticidade
        catalán
        flexibilitat

        The gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple.

              flexibilitat
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              Examples for "litheness"
              Examples for "litheness"
              1
              His fingers trembled at the litheness of the flesh under her clothes.
              Three Soldiers
              2
              But when he moved it was with the litheness of a panther.
              The Big-Town Round-Up
              3
              Grandon is strong, supple, and has a sinewy litheness, beside his height.
              Floyd Grandon's Honor
              4
              There was a litheness in his movements which denoted obedient muscles.
              Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
              5
              Then with the litheness of a panther he dropped plump on Rabig's shoulders.
              Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
              1
              It enveloped her exquisite form, without concealing the grace and lissomeness of her movements.
              The Golden Dog
              2
              Her movements retained all the lissomeness of youth.
              The Mountebank
              3
              You're the best shape among us all, my light lissomeness, and your gowns shall fit it rarely.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 / A Magaz...
              Usage of suppleness in inglés
              1
              He lacked alike the sagacity, the foresight, and the suppleness of Leopold.
              William Pitt and the Great War
              2
              She is weak, too; her only strength is her suppleness and cunning.
              Richard Vandermarck: A Novel
              3
              This behaviour had more effect upon Roda than the suppleness of Capres.
              The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 23: 1576
              4
              Then, with the suppleness of a serpent, he slipped under the bed.
              The Mystery of the Yellow Room
              5
              Plus, it has a rice-amino-acid complex to rev up hydration and suppleness.
              NY Magazine
              6
              His body was perfect, alive with easy suppleness and health and strength.
              The Night-Born
              7
              He groaned quietly at her lips' suppleness, so soon withdrawn from him.
              The irish devil
              8
              On either side there was an equality of strength, agility, and suppleness.
              The Girl with the Golden Eyes
              9
              At the very least, there's a sort of suppleness of mind indicated.
              Elsie Marley, Honey
              10
              It shows off Aniela's figure to perfection, its suppleness and rounded curves.
              Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
              11
              Four thousand years of routine had deprived human nature of all its suppleness.
              Last and First Men
              12
              Water plays a key role in maintaining skin's elasticity and suppleness.
              The beauty diet: looking great has never been so delicious
              13
              The Lorraines made use of their usual suppleness in order to gain that.
              Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
              14
              Rose Quartz It's formulated with rose water, hydrates the skin and restores suppleness.
              The South African
              15
              There we have rigidity over again, clashing with the inner suppleness of life.
              Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
              16
              A short-stop should be a player of more than ordinary suppleness and activity.
              Base-Ball / How to Become a Player, With the Origin, History and...
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              Translations for suppleness
              portugués
              elasticidade
              Suppleness through the time
              Suppleness across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common