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  • 31agility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nimbleness, dexterity, spryness, quickness, deftness, briskness, swiftness, sprightliness, friskiness, rapidity, readiness, liveliness, promptitude, alacrity, promptness, alertness, dispatch, expedition, litheness, activity …

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  • 32flexibility — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pliability] Syn. pliancy, plasticity, flexibleness, pliableness, suppleness, elasticity, flaccidity, extensibility, limberness, litheness. 2. [Tractability] Syn. compliance, affability, complaisance, versatility; see… …

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  • 33lithe — (adj.) O.E. liðe soft, mild, gentle, meek, from P.Gmc. *linthja (Cf. O.S. lithi soft, mild, gentle, O.H.G. lindi, Ger. lind, O.N. linr, with characteristic loss of n before th in English), from PIE root *lent flexible (Cf. L. lentus …

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  • 34lithe — adjective slim, supple, and graceful. Derivatives lithely adverb litheness noun Origin OE līthe gentle, meek , also mellow , of Gmc origin …

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  • 35airiness — n. 1. Openness, exposure to air. 2. Lightness, buoyancy, grace, gracility, gracefulness, flexibility, pliancy, litheness. 3. Gayety, levity, sprightliness, vivacity, liveliness, etc. See airy, 3 …

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  • 36flexibility — n. 1. Pliancy, pliability, flexibleness, limberness, litheness, suppleness. 2. Compliance, yielding disposition, ductility, complaisance, pliancy, affability, tractableness, easy temper …

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  • 37grace — n 1 *mercy, clemency, lenity, charity Analogous words: kindliness, kindness, benignity, benignancy (see corresponding adjectives at KIND): tenderness, com passionateness, responsiveness (see corresponding adjectives at TENDER): indulgence,… …

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  • 38muscular — muscular, brawny, sinewy, athletic, burly, husky are applied to persons in the sense of strong and powerful in build or physique. Muscular implies well developed, but not overdeveloped, muscles and, usually, a stalwart build {hard exercise . ..… …

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  • 39agility — n 1. nimbleness, sprightliness, litheness, coordination, Dial. gainliness; quickness, fleet footedness, fleetness, swiftness, rapidity. 2. activity, liveliness, aliveness, bustle, briskness, dapperness; suppleness, deftness, dextrousness; light… …

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  • 40airiness — n 1. immateriality, incorporeality, bodi lessness; unsubstantiality, tenuousness, illusoriness, unreality; ethereality, weightlessness, lightness, buoyancy. 2. delicacy, flimsiness, thinness; gauziness, diaphaneity, sheerness, transparency,… …

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