What is another word for suppleness?

Pronunciation: [sˈʌpə͡lnəs] (IPA)

Suppleness is a term that refers to the flexibility and adaptability of an object or organism. In the world of physical fitness, suppleness is often used to describe the elasticity and fluidity of an athlete's movements. Synonyms for the word "suppleness" include malleability, pliability, flexibility, adaptability, and elasticity. These terms are often used interchangeably to describe the ease with which a person or object can bend, stretch, or move in different directions. Additionally, some synonyms for suppleness include fluidity, litheness, and limberness, which connote a sense of grace and ease in movement. Whether you're practicing yoga, dancing, or simply striving for greater flexibility, cultivating suppleness can improve your physical and mental well-being.

What are the hypernyms for Suppleness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Suppleness

Many of the young men and maidens made him think of deer in the swiftness of their movements and in the suppleness of their bodies.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
Then the vigorous exercise in which she was engaged revealed all the suppleness and harmonious proportions of her figure; for here was no pretty wrist-work of trout-fishing, but the wielding of a double-handed salmon-rod; and she had taught herself the gillies' method of casting-that is to say, she made the backward cast by throwing both arms right up in the air, so that, as she paused to let the line straighten out behind, her one hand was on a level with her forehead, and the other more than a foot above that.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
This operation is repeated for several days, until the beans, by their bright chocolate color and suppleness, indicate that they are cured.
"Cacao Culture in the Philippines"
William S. Lyon

Famous quotes with Suppleness

  • The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
    Michel de Montaigne
  • Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.
    Earl of Chesterfield
  • If children had teachers for judgment and eloquence as they have for languages, if their memory was exercised less than their energy or their natural genius, if instead of deadening their vivacity of mind we tried to elevate the free scope and impulses of their souls, what might not result from a fine disposition? As it is, we forget that courage, or love of truth and glory are the virtues that matter most in youth; and our one endeavor is to subdue our children’s spirits, in order to teach them that dependence and suppleness are the first laws of success in life.
    Luc de Clapiers
  • Dust fanned in scraped puffs from the earth Between his arms, and blood turned his face inside out, To demonstrate its suppleness Of veins, as he perfected his role.
    James Dickey
  • Tarzan of the Apes had decided to mark his evolution from the lower orders in every possible manner, and nothing seemed to him a more distinguishing badge of manhood than ornaments and clothing. To this end, therefore, he collected the various arm and leg ornaments he had taken from the black warriors who had succumbed to his swift and silent noose, and donned them all after the way he had seen them worn. About his neck hung the golden chain from which depended the diamond encrusted locket of his mother, the Lady Alice. At his back was a quiver of arrows slung from a leathern shoulder belt, another piece of loot from some vanquished black. About his waist was a belt of tiny strips of rawhide fashioned by himself as a support for the home-made scabbard in which hung his father's hunting knife. The long bow which had been Kulonga's hung over his left shoulder. The young Lord Greystoke was indeed a strange and war-like figure, his mass of black hair falling to his shoulders behind and cut with his hunting knife to a rude bang upon his forehead, that it might not fall before his eyes. His straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled, and yet with the soft and sinuous curves of a Greek god, told at a glance the wondrous combination of enormous strength with suppleness and speed.
    Edgar Rice Burroughs

Semantically related words: hand strength, finger strength, arm strength, arm suppleness, finger suppleness, hand suppleness, arm workout plans

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