adv. Also 9 supply. [f. SUPPLE a. + -LY2.] In a supple manner, with suppleness.

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1611.  Cotgr., Agilement,… quickely, promptly, supplely, readily.

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1689.  Hickeringill, Ceremony Monger, i. Wks. 1716, II. 388. Does his Ecclesiastical Don-ship bow and cringe so supplely … to something, or to nothing?

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1832.  Examiner, 721/2. Not of strength to bear any pressure without supplely bending.

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1890.  Jonathan Sturges, in Harper’s Mag., Oct., 744/2. Freely and supplely she straightened her back.

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1898.  G. Allen, Incid. Bishop, 64. She was tall, after the frequent Australian fashion, and very suppely knit.

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