suppleness

Etymology

From supple + -ness.

noun

  1. The quality of being supple; litheness.
    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. 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

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