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adv- Supple, limber; lithesome; lithe and agile.

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Usage examples (8)
  • A young, willowy body, accustomed to going lightly and lissomely.
  • 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.
  • Though danced she high, though danced she fast, though danced she lissomely.
  • 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.
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