Definition of "supple" [sup•ple]

• Readily bent; pliant. (adjective)
• Moving and bending with agility; limber. (adjective)
• Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable. See Synonyms at flexible. (adjective)
• To make or become supple. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Like the idea of the Creator, the reasons for their prevalence across the region is rooted in supple yet enduring epistemologies deriving from early Niger-Congo history."
• "If you realize you added too much flour, add some more milk (1 tbsp at a time), until the dough is again supple and easy to handle."
• "These treatments, however, are in short supple due to a significant dearth of democracy resulting from socially and politically entrenched power inequalities and hegemonic ideologies."