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
Besides, your tongue wags too limberly by half.
From Miriam Monfort A Novel by Warfield, Catherine A.
He stood up limberly and unbuckled his cartridge belt and dropped it beside Johnny Dawson, who was slicing bacon.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson
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 Bower, B. M.
