suppleness

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Throughout, Okonedo displays the suppleness of thought, and the wit, with which Medea surely once bewitched Jason, and the remorseless logic that has led to her monstrous deeds.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Under the composer’s fingers, the opening chord progression grows with a natural and elegant suppleness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

The metaphor comes from horse riding and the practice of soaking riding whips in urine to preserve their suppleness.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

The suppleness of these portraits yields all sorts of enriching details, many of them about Rose, the play’s unseen central character.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2021

There was something inebriating in the suppleness of this feat.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles