supple

About 0.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
2. adjective Lithe and agile when moving and bending.

   supple joints

3. adjective Compliant; yielding to the will of others.

   a supple horse

4. adjective Smooth and drinkable.
5. verb To make or become supple.
6. verb To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

Similar words

limber flexible flexile lithesome lissom lissome lithe svelte slender graceful

Often followed by

and as body enough in figure fingers leather than

Word family

suppled supplely suppleness supplenesses suppler supples supplest suppling supply