cross-legged
adverb or adjective
ˈkrȯs-ˌle-gəd 
-ˌlā-;
-ˌlegd,
-ˌlāgd
1
: with legs crossed and knees spread wide apart
2
: with one leg placed over and across the other
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About 20 university students and recent graduates sit cross-legged on rattan mats spread out over a long, low table.
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Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
The image showed dozens of prisoners in white T-shirts and shorts sitting cross-legged, their hands cuffed and heads down.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Sitting cross-legged, slouching, hunching—basically, name any habit of bad posture imaginable—even an ergonomic chair can’t stop me!
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
Every night, my father turned that tiny space into an office, sitting cross-legged in a wide armchair, hunched over the coffee table that held our most valuable possession, a new IBM Selectric typewriter.
—Philip J. Deloria, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
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Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
The image showed dozens of prisoners in white T-shirts and shorts sitting cross-legged, their hands cuffed and heads down.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Sitting cross-legged, slouching, hunching—basically, name any habit of bad posture imaginable—even an ergonomic chair can’t stop me!
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
Every night, my father turned that tiny space into an office, sitting cross-legged in a wide armchair, hunched over the coffee table that held our most valuable possession, a new IBM Selectric typewriter.
—Philip J. Deloria, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Cross-legged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-legged. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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