Example sentences from the Web for lissom

True, till 1700 it was largely a matter of silhouette, the lissom outline was there, but with a certain variety of colouring.
Balloons|Elizabeth Bibesco
In his fifteenth summer he was a man, tall, broad, straight and lissom as a locust tree.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various
He was only twenty-two years old; tall and handsome, with a lissom figure and an air of easy grace that became him well.
For The Admiral|W.J. Marx
Brief though their acquaintance had been, both of these lissom young gentlemen admired Sally immensely.
The Adventures of Sally|P. G. Wodehouse

She fell into step beside him, moving with the strong, lissom tread that came from controlled and deliberate power.
A Daughter of the Dons|William MacLeod Raine

lissom

lissome

/ (ˈlɪsəm) /

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adjective

supple in the limbs or body; lithe; flexible

agile; nimble

Derived forms of lissom

lissomly or lissomely, adverblissomness or lissomeness, noun

Word Origin for lissom

C19: variant of lithesome

Words nearby lissom

lis pendens, Lissajous figure, lisse, lissencephalia, lissive, lissom, lissome, lissotrichous, lissotricic, list, listed

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单词	lissom
释义	Example sentences from the Web for lissom True, till 1700 it was largely a matter of silhouette, the lissom outline was there, but with a certain variety of colouring. Balloons\|Elizabeth Bibesco In his fifteenth summer he was a man, tall, broad, straight and lissom as a locust tree. The Best Short Stories of 1920\|Various He was only twenty-two years old; tall and handsome, with a lissom figure and an air of easy grace that became him well. For The Admiral\|W.J. Marx Brief though their acquaintance had been, both of these lissom young gentlemen admired Sally immensely. The Adventures of Sally\|P. G. Wodehouse She fell into step beside him, moving with the strong, lissom tread that came from controlled and deliberate power. A Daughter of the Dons\|William MacLeod Raine lissom lissome / (ˈlɪsəm) / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lissom ON THESAURUS.COM adjective supple in the limbs or body; lithe; flexible agile; nimble Derived forms of lissom lissomly or lissomely, adverblissomness or lissomeness, noun Word Origin for lissom C19: variant of lithesome Words nearby lissom lis pendens, Lissajous figure, lisse, lissencephalia, lissive, lissom, lissome, lissotrichous, lissotricic, list, listed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lissom adaptable, agile, bending, elastic, flexible, graceful, limber, lithe, loose, malleable, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubber, springy, wiry, moldable, bendable, lithesome, stretchy
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