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1
as in graceful
moving easily
the lissome actress's dance training is apparent in the way she moves on stage
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as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
rattan is such a lissome material that it can be used for all manner of furniture and baskets
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Recent Examples of lissome
The lissome little murder mystery retails for $15 and totals 100 pages.
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Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2022
Jack collected lissome locks of women’s pubic hair.
—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
The 5000 has one of the most lissome combinations of ride and handling of any car on the road; the 4000, however, is less smooth and less graceful.
—Steve Smith, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2020
Coming on the heels of a few years of public disintegration, he’d been humbled, or wished to appear that way: a handed-the-world boy forced to disavow the person fame had turned him into, singing lissome songs of apology.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
One of my more luminous memories of that odd year, 1974, was a dance performed in Central Park in New York by three long and lissome non-pregnant maidens in white gauze gym suits.
—Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2018
Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2022
Jack collected lissome locks of women’s pubic hair.
—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
The 5000 has one of the most lissome combinations of ride and handling of any car on the road; the 4000, however, is less smooth and less graceful.
—Steve Smith, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2020
Coming on the heels of a few years of public disintegration, he’d been humbled, or wished to appear that way: a handed-the-world boy forced to disavow the person fame had turned him into, singing lissome songs of apology.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
One of my more luminous memories of that odd year, 1974, was a dance performed in Central Park in New York by three long and lissome non-pregnant maidens in white gauze gym suits.
—Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lissome
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Tapping into traditional craft methods, from woodworking and stone mining to hammering metal, Gerlach&Heilig utilizes modern systems and tools (laser cutting, CNC milling) to design contemporary furnishings that embrace a graceful, minimal simplicity.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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Another highlight was the graceful Otoro (fatty bluefin belly) nigiri.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The vacuum's flexible neck made cleaning under chairs, the couch, and around tight corners simple.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Mini muffins and cupcakes are a classic, and this flexible silicone pan makes a convenient option for batch baking.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.—
Forrest Brown,
CNN,
21 June 2022
Adjective
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As Perez wrote, Musk’s free-speech absolutism was a fiction perpetuated by a pliant media.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Accusations of Russian interference Ahead of the election, Sandu accused Russia of attempting to sway the vote to install a government more pliant to Moscow through a vast disinformation campaign.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Revisiting a point made here when the lithe receiver was drafted in 2022, New Orleans offered a great opportunity but not high-level football.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Yet somehow, in a medium of heavy copper, Fischl captures the lithe, swaying, physical vitality of Ashe, as well as the high-mindedness of the man who was so committed to social causes.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Plastic is made of petrochemicals, and petrochemical companies are increasing their plastic outputs to make up for lower sales of oil and gas.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Cover the area with a layer of clear plastic sheeting.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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Though both pieces are leather, the intrecciato texture contrasts her supple leather coat, breaking up the browns.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
24 Sep. 2025
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All of her guests who’ve slept on them say the sheets are supple and keep them from overheating.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Lissome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lissome. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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