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Meanings of lissom in English

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

Usage of lissom in English
1
Presently, however, he hove in view, doing fearfully lissom things in mid-floor.
Right Ho, Jeeves
2
He had the lissom hands and cheerful self-absorption that bring success.
Gone to Earth
3
The right arm lay lissom like a snake across her breast.
The Price of Love
4
But this slim Irish girl with the young, lissom body held her own.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
5
Her gown hung closely to her lissom and rather full form.
The Day of the Beast
6
She showed him her white, delicate, lissom hands, and said, gravely:
The Blonde Lady / Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Ars...
7
Faultless evening dress clung with loving closeness to Sidney's lissom form.
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
8
He noted her lissom figure and shining coils of hair.
Gone to Earth
9
She was boyish as Rosalind, woman in every motion of her slim and lissom body.
The Big-Town Round-Up
10
He took her lissom young body in his arms.
The Big-Town Round-Up
11
She rose to her feet and wrapped her green cloak closely around her lissom figure.
The Great Prince Shan
12
Slender and lissom as a fawn, she was yet a creature of exquisitely rounded curves.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
13
Brief though their acquaintance had been, both of these lissom young gentlemen admired Sally immensely.
The Adventures of Sally
14
She stood straight and lissom, mistress of her emotions, but her clear cheeks were colorless.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
15
He looked down at her with kindling glance, his arms slipped round her lissom waist.
Mistress Wilding
16
On, onward, with undulating lissom swing, the veiled woman sped, McNerney judiciously regulating his gait.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
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