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supplest

supplest is the superlative form of supple.

Meaning of supple

Adjective

supple (comparative suppler, superlative supplest)

  1. Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
    • Global supply chains, meanwhile, have grown both tighter and more supple since the late 1990s—the result of improving information technology and of freer trade—making routine work easier to relocate.2011 July 25, Don Peck, “Can the Middle Class Be Saved?”, in The Atlantic
  2. Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
    • supple joints
  3. (figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
    • a supple horse
  4. Smooth and drinkable.

See all 7 meanings of supple

Questions about supplest

What is supplest the superlative form of?
Supplest is the superlative form of supple.

Words near supplest in the dictionary

  1. supplements
  2. suppleness
  3. supplenesses
  4. suppler
  5. supples
  6. supplest
  7. supplete
  8. suppleted
  9. suppletes
  10. suppleting
  11. suppletion

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