I play with thumbnail, and it still reaches the string even when I play with my wrist on the bridge for damping. The flesh contacts the string first of course, but the nail is long enough to pick the string. With my wrist anchored, the thumb starts straight, and then bends inward (the middle joint more than the knuckle) as it picks.
If I play in "classical" position - wrist arched over the strings - the thumb doesn't bend as much; but that seems to apply to all my fingers: they remain straighter when picking in classical position (unanchored), but bend more when I anchor the wrist.
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