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  • 91softest — sÉ”ft /sÉ’ft adj. easily bent or molded, not firm; smooth, pleasant to the touch; faint, quiet, subdued; not sharply drawn; not strict; gentle; flabby; not strong; stupid, simple (Slang); easy (Slang); having few or no mineral salts (of water) …

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  • 92ductile — a. 1. Tractable, compliant, docile, yielding, facile. 2. Pliant, flexible, easily bent. 3. Extensible, capable of being drawn out …

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  • 93flexible — a. 1. Pliable, pliant, limber, lithe, supple, easily bent, flexile. 2. Tractable, pliant, pliable, yielding, complaisant, compliant, affable, gentle, ductile, docile …

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  • 94supple — a. 1. Pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent, elastic. 2. Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, soft. 3. Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic, flattering, supple chapped,… …

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  • 95stiff — [1] Not easily bent or turned. As opposed to a rigid object, a stiff object does not break when subjected to bending stress, and implies a certain degree of flexibility; a bridge, for example, is stiff, not rigid, and steel panels are inherently… …

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  • 96pliant — [plī′ənt] adj. [ME plyande < MFr, prp. of plier: see PLIABLE] 1. easily bent; pliable 2. adaptable or compliant SYN. PLIABLE pliancy n. pliantness pliantly adv …

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  • 97bendability — noun the property of being easily bent without breaking • Syn: ↑pliability • Derivationally related forms: ↑pliable (for: ↑pliability), ↑bendable • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 98flexibleness — noun 1. the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped • Syn: ↑flexibility • Ant: ↑inflexibility (for: ↑flexibility) • Derivationally related forms: ↑flexible, ↑ …

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  • 99limp — 1. v. & n. v.intr. 1 walk lamely. 2 (of a damaged ship, aircraft, etc.) proceed with difficulty. 3 (of verse) be defective. n. a lame walk. Derivatives: limper n. limpingly adv. Etymology: rel. to obs. limphalt lame, OE lemp healt 2. adj. 1 not… …

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  • 100pliability — noun 1. the property of being easily bent without breaking • Syn: ↑bendability • Derivationally related forms: ↑pliable, ↑bendable (for: ↑bendability) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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