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How to pronounce lissome in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lissom, lithe, lithesome, sinuous, supple
Derivation lissomeness

Examples of lissome

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Lissome, leggy, striking, Joan, 36, ought to be a visible asset to any campaign.
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Ripping the attention he allegedly paid to lissome young female passengers.
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Sit back as lissome native girls in swirling saris dance for your delight.
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Otherwise, trimmed of its middle-aged spread, The Turning is as lissome as Winton's best prose.
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The dark, lissome beauty moved easily in international society.
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The slatterns, more lissome than Dublin whores ever were, swagger bare-chested about the stage.
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Lissome Andrea Cooper departs through a hotel window.
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Her lissome figure and smart eye for clothes should earn her plaudits in her role as official hostess.
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The lissome flute melody at the start levitated.
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More examples
  • Moving and bending with ease
  • (lissomeness) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
  • Lithe; quick and graceful in movement
  • Adjective - bending or moving gracefully or with ease and lightness; lithe, supple, limber, agile, etc.
  • Easily flexed; limber; agile