lissom
Britishadjective
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supple in the limbs or body; lithe; flexible
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agile; nimble
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lissom
C19: variant of lithesome
Example Sentences
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As a lissom 20-year-old I resented my waddly disguise, but came around to a riveting truth: being attractive was less useful to me than being free.
From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2018
Opponents realise this only after he has passed them … lissom and beautifully balanced, he glides like a silent wraith through gaps nobody else has spotted.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013
"I hope you are not on the cover tomorrow," the lissom Russian smiled to a table of fellow competitors as she left a Daegu cafe near the athletes' village on Wednesday.
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2011
But a number of Kim’s gold-medal predecessors were present Thursday, and all seemed thoroughly impressed that Kim had been so poised and lissom in her presentation and vaulting in her jumps.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2010
Certainly it is not because of sympathies solemn or lugubrious; for the character of these lissom damsels of Seville is the reverse of gloomy.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
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