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  • adverb In a lissome manner; with supple grace.

Etymologies

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lissome +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • While uttering these words, he snatched the glass, and, as all eyes were fixed upon him, he moved away lissomely, as if swayed by the wind.

    Hung Lou Meng 2003

  • Sidney stepped down lissomely, but the French ambassador almost tripped, and muttered a Gallic oath under his breath, while short, dapper De Quadra murmured a warning to his colleague that the stairs were worn in the middle.

    QUEEN’S RANSOM Fiona Buckley 2000

  • A young, willowy body, accustomed to going lightly and lissomely.

    The Sanctuary Sparrow Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1983

  • While uttering these words, he snatched the glass, and, as all eyes were fixed upon him, he moved away lissomely, as if swayed by the wind.

    Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • Though danced she high, though danced she fast, though danced she lissomely.

    Songs of Childhood Walter De la Mare 1914

  • A whiff of warm wind might have blown her, so swiftly, lissomely she ran toward the other door, laughing back at him across her shoulder and leaving a trail of aromatic scent.

    The Winds of the World Talbot Mundy 1909

  • The General's bulky and commanding figure would bend lissomely at a point where you would have regarded its ability to do so with incredulity.

    Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

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