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Definition of lissom in English: lissom(also lissome) adjective ˈlɪs(ə)m (of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful. （人或其身体）瘦的，柔韧的，优美的 the kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers Example sentencesExamples - A kindly old man takes him in and teaches him how to shoot a gun - a skill that will come in handy - then dies, leaving behind a lissome granddaughter, Alphonsine, with whom Georges has a torrid but meaningless affair.
- It was something more appealing than long-legged, lissome damsels setting the catwalk on fire.
- Beads of sweat began to appear on Guy's forehead as he became more entangled in the lissome limbs of this human boa constrictor.
- Will King Richard III's evil flourish or will the lissome Prince Pippin claim the crown?
- She's tall, lissome and very pretty as well as being smart as the proverbial whip.
- Staggering out of the gym, I see lissome Linda heading to teach the aerobics class.
- I felt young and lissome in comparison, but I won't be seeing 39 again.
- This explains some of the innocent ‘misunderstandings’ that occurred during my recent fact-finding tour of Bangkok; I thought those lissome lads just wanted to be my ‘friends.’
- If on a summer's stroll you see a giant creature or a lissome woman hanging from a tree, don't be alarmed.
- Unfortunately, our world is infested by minds to whom lissome limbs only evoke dreams of amputation.
- Once a rather lissome belle of a teacher invoked in me a vivid fantasy that never leaves me to this day.
- I longed for its lissome grace to be blown by the wind into my body.
- And they very much like lissome blonde lovelies with a winning smile and statistics that are undeniably vital so long as we aren't talking about her game.
- The horses were idling around - how she loved to watch them their shiny coats, lissome bodies, the graceful tilt to their heads.
- This week's stellar configurations incline you towards a refreshingly flexible frame of mind - a lissome, limbo-dancing attitude to the vicissitudes of daily existence.
- Today she is as she was when we first met - shy, lissome, so slender a breeze could sway her, smiling; always smiling.
- One may have wondered as the lissom ladies gracefully showcased the trendy jewellery.
- Tall, and lissome with a flawless skin, she first headed for Harvard, then returned to do a stint at a law school in Bombay before joining her sister in Bollywood.
- Tall and lissome damsels strutted onto the catwalk.
- And boy, the clothes did stick to the lissome bodies of the crowd on the ramp.
Synonyms supple, lithe, limber, graceful, elegant, spry, flexible, loose-limbed, agile, nimble, deft, dexterous, fit slim, slender, thin, willowy, sylphlike, sleek, trim
Derivativesadverb nounˈlɪs(ə)mnəs Women, who just the other day were a symbol of easy lissomeness, now look like models for a new breed of pumpkin, and men passed and stressed out as if they had been asked to work overtime for gratis lifelong. Example sentencesExamples - ‘And the statement will have the supple lissomeness of a symphony, the spectacularly thrilling zing of a double-somersault and the finality of a graceful landing,’ he concluded on the triumphant note of a gymnastics commentator.
- His feline lissomeness, soft landings and use of plié were at times astonishing.
- It was personality made specific in sound, and the music had a lissomeness and fluidity that jazz has mostly lost.
- The lissomeness with which he moved hither and thither was most impressive, as was his homicidal ardor when doing what I believe is called tackling.
OriginLate 18th century: contraction, from lithe + -some1. |