† limberlyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
? = limber adj.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]
tougha700
lithyc1000
softc1330
weak?a1366
plianta1382
persha1398
plyinga1398
lithec1400
supplec1400
plicable?a1425
curvable?1440
lethec1440
scretec1440
pliablec1475
bowable1483
bowing1483
waldinc1485
supple1513
flexible1548
limber1565
lither1565
bending1567
osier1577
wiry1588
buxom1590
withy1598
suppliable1599
renderingc1600
fluxible1607
winding1609
bendable1611
flippant1622
flexive1629
flexile1633
maniable1633
compliant1667
flectible1705
limp1706
yieldy1757
complying1774
limberly1782
willowy1791
switchy1810
wandy1825
twistable1853
bendsome1861
whippy1867
swack1868
bendy1873
1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams i. xliii. 47 Not the pears, that are bound by the limberly broom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
limberlyadv.
/ˈlɪmbəli/ In a limber or supple manner.
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the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > with elasticity
supplely1611
springingly1668
pliantly1673
limberly1891
1891 Harper's Mag. Nov. 891/2 His long spare arms swing limberly before a long spare body.
1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xii. 186 They..slouched limberly over to the railroad eating-house.
1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 30 It was sculpted to Chanel's small, athletic figure and moves with it as limberly as a leopard's own leopard skin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1782
adv.1891