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lissome

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lis·some also lis·som  (lsm)
adj.
1. Easily bent; supple.
2. Having the ability to move with ease; limber.

[Alteration of lithesome.]

lissome·ly adv.
lissome·ness n.
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Adj.1.lissome - moving and bending with ease
graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

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She seemed so much softer, so much more pliant, and tender, and lissome.
She was like--so like; not in feature, perhaps, but in grace and colouring--the grace of a slender, lissome form and the colouring of cloudy hair and wistful, dark gray eyes, and curving red mouth; and more than all, she was like her in expression--in the subtle revelation of personality exhaling from her like perfume from a flower.
There was a grace, which no austerity could diminish, about every movement of her lissome, slender form; her quiet brow, the delicate grave outlines of her face, and her clearly cut features indicated noble birth; her expression was gentle and proud; her thick hair had been simply braided, the coronet of plaits about her head served, all unknown to her, as an adornment.
 
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