lissome

  • 121svelte — adj slender, lithe, lithesome, lissome, thin, slim, lean; willowy, wasp waisted, hourglass, sylphlike, slinky, foxy; shapely, clean limbed, lanky, arrowy; delicate, graceful, fine, elegant …

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  • 122trim — v 1. clip, snip, nip, prune, pare; cut, bob, crop, shingle; shear, shave, fleece, pollard, poll, scalp, cut down to the quick; neaten, even up; shape, form, fashion, sculpt, sculp, sculpture. 2.Often trim off dock, bobtail, lop, chop, hack, cut… …

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  • 123willowy — adj lithe, lithesome, Archaic. lithy, lissome, supple, limber, flexible, flexile, pliant, ductile, fictile, bendable; loose limbed, loose; gracile, slender, svelte, sylphic, sylphlike; slim, reedy, thin, stalky, twiggy, skinny, nothing but skin… …

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  • 124lissom — UK / US or lissome UK [ˈlɪs(ə)m] / US [ˈlɪsəm] adjective literary thin and graceful …

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  • 125lithesome — lithe•some [[t]ˈlaɪð səm, ˈlaɪθ [/t]] adj. cvb lithe; lissome • Etymology: 1760–70; lithe+ some lithe′some•ly, adv. lithe′some•ness, n …

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  • 126lissom — /ˈlɪsəm / (say lisuhm) adjective 1. lithe, especially of body; limber or supple. 2. agile or active. Also, Chiefly US, lissome. {variant of lithesome. See lithe} –lissomness, noun …

  • 127graceful — [adj] agile, charming, lovely adroit, aesthetic, artistic, balletic, beautiful, becoming, comely, controlled, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, flowing, handsome, harmonious,… …

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  • 128limber — [adj] flexible agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple; concepts 406,488 Ant. rigid, stiff, straight, unbending …

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