limber
adjective
limberly
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a word derived from
limber.
Example Sentences
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Yu Ji’s cement sculptures take the shape of contorted human bodies—not uncomfortable but limberly twisted and folded—that are missing limbs; their contrasting materials and postures at once suggest permanence and evanescence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Four years would pass before Miles found another saxophone player who let him ease so limberly into the future, restoring his crown as the dark prince of the jazz revolution.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2018
It was not Frank Johnson, but Swan Vjolmar who climbed limberly down from the seat without speaking and turned toward the back of the wagon.
From Sawtooth Ranch by B. M. Bower
It was a very busy place, with girls rushing to and fro or sauntering limberly up and down in tremendously handsome gowns.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
His right arm hung limberly down in a graceful perpendicular, unaffected by the galloping motion of his horse, and his fingers were clasped about the lock of a repeating rifle, pointed muzzle to the ground.
From Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris
