lissome
adjective
lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
lissomely
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a word derived from
lissome.
Example Sentences
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The General's bulky and commanding figure would bend lissomely at a point where you would have regarded its ability to do so with incredulity.
From Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
A whiff of warm wind might have blown her, so swiftly, lissomely she ran toward the other door, laughing back at him across her shoulder and leaving a trail of aromatic scent.
From The Winds of the World by Talbot Mundy
While uttering these words, he snatched the glass, and, as all eyes were fixed upon him, he moved away lissomely, as if swayed by the wind.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
Kho rippled his tentacles and moved lissomely to the doorway, assuming a grotesquely furtive posture as he peered out.
From Flamedown by Horace Brown Fyfe
