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supplenesses

supplenesses is the plural of suppleness.

Meaning of suppleness

Noun

suppleness (usually uncountable, plural supplenesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being supple; litheness, flexibility, pliability, manageability.
    • 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

Questions about supplenesses

What is supplenesses the plural of?
Supplenesses is the plural of suppleness.

Words near supplenesses in the dictionary

  1. supplementing
  2. supplementive clause
  3. supplementive clauses
  4. supplements
  5. suppleness
  6. supplenesses
  7. suppler
  8. supples
  9. supplest
  10. supplete
  11. suppleted

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