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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ii3 A very gentle and supple-minded Zelmane.

1632 L. Anderton tr. E. Campion Campian Englished x. 188 Charke, who so inhumanely doth conuitiate me, tearing asunder my good name and reputation, should in all equitie be of a more gentil flexure, and more supple-minded towards me.

1830 A. M. Porter Barony I. i. 9 Supple-minded men are often enabled, by their very indifference about the means they employ, to attain excellent ends.

1897 Nature 30 Sept. 514/2 This sentence explains the whole book, which is rather like the special pleading of an extremely supple-minded barrister than the work of an impartial historian.

1962 A. Cobban Hist. Mod. France (ed. 2) I. v. 205 A realist in public business, supple-minded, indifferent at heart as to the form of government so long as it favoured his own success and served the aggrandisement or the recovery of the nation, Thiers was at that time..marked for headship.

2005 L. Sellers Training & Showing Versatility Ranch Horse p. ix While side passing wouldn't be required of the horse much, the fact that he was supple-minded enough to perfect the skill was proof of a good horse.