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suppleness

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
supple/ˈsʌpl/

▶adjective (suppler, supplest) flexible or pliant. ▶verb make more flexible.

– derivatives
supplely (also supply) adverb,
suppleness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. souple, from L. supplex, supplic- ‘submissive’, from sub- ‘under’ + placere ‘propitiate’.

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