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 Translation for 'supple' from English to Icelandic
ADJ   supple | suppler | supplest
SYNO limber | lissom | lissome | ...
lipur {adj}supple
liðugur {adj}supple
fimlegur {adj}supple
mjúkur {adj} [lipur]supple
þjáll {adj} [lipur]supple
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Usage Examples English
  • Manuguerra had a rich and supple voice enabling him to excel in both belcanto and verismo repertoire, with Verdi being always at the core, which his impressive discography clearly demonstrates.
  • Golan Levin (born 1972) is an American new media artist, composer, performer and engineer interested in developing artifacts and events which explore supple new modes of reactive expression.
  • According to Master of wine Jancis Robinson, Marselan tends to produce deeply colored and highly aromatic wines that have supple tannins and the potential to age.
  • Glands of Moll empty into the adjacent lashes. Glands of Moll and Zeis secrete sebum that keeps lashes supple.
  • Soft sculpture is a type of sculpture made using cloth, foam rubber, plastic, paper, fibres and similar material that are supple and nonrigid.

  • He is portrayed by Jonathan Nosan in "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant", in which he is very limber, agile, supple, swift and topsy-turvy.
  • "The New York Times" described his voice as an "arresting tenor, a supple weapon deployed with prophetic authority".
  • "Riopa guentheri", commonly known as Günther's supple skink or Günther's writhing skink, is a species of skink, which is endemic to India.
  • Because the tail is an extension of the animal's spine, a supple tail is desirable as it shows that the horse is supple through its back.
  • Carrère's work ranges freely between genres and is concerned with the themes of identity, illusion and reality. His prose has been described as "spare and supple".

  • The name Bricher comes from the German word "Bruch" or "Bruchwald", which is a supple forest.
  • I left, at Ṭūs, a great number of my people, because of a long-necked, supple Andalusian girl!
  • The Kinabatangan supple skink ("Lygosoma kinabatanganense") is a species of skink found in Malaysia.
  • Long and powerful, merging well into shoulders, skin on neck supple and close fitting.
  • "Hili": braid or plait with only one kind of material. Most commonly made from three or more strands of supple vine or fern braided together.

  • The Azawakh's light, supple, lissome gait is a notable breed characteristic, as is an upright double suspension gallop.
  • Alexis Lavigne (March 26, 1812 - February 21, 1886) was a French tailor and inventor. He invented the couture mannequin and the supple measuring tape.
  • "Erigeron supplex" is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names supple daisy or supple fleabane.
  • One source described Warner as supple and shrewd, agile enough to reach (punch) the most difficult of shots (or headers).
  • The "Bencao gangmu" entry for the "rong" 狨 explains the synonym "nao" 猱 signifies this monkey's "rou" 柔 "soft; supple" hair.

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