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Discover LudwigThe word 'lissome' is a correct and usable word in written English
It means lithe, graceful, and flexible. Example: Despite her tall frame, the ballet dancer moved with a lissome grace on stage, effortlessly executing each move with precision and elegance.
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Jump in here, waits, in makeshift choir And lift some chords for Danny Meyer, With gladsome tunes for Teri Garr, Zaha Hadid, and David Carr; And make the lofty welkin ring O'er Miley Cyrus, Vijay Singh, And lissome late selections then For Esa-Pekka Salonen; And, lads, ere you cease this yowling, Alleluia, J. K. Rowling!
Its 12 tracks, all partly written by Mr. Hamiton, range in tone and texture from earthy Southern soul to lissome 1990s-style R&B, with beats that nod toward hip-hop.
Alongside barbecue, both restaurants specialize in naeng myun, lissome noodles topped with vinegary radishes and sweet Asian pear, and submerged in an ice-cold beef broth.
In the video for "Crooked," the K-pop star G-Dragon — effortlessly lissome, his hair Warhol-white — does a lot of running, some staggering, some mean-mugging, some dancing and a little aggressive flirting.
Ms. McCormick, brandishing a skillful if overstated British accent, radiates lissome glamour as Lynn, her natural ease softening the character's stereotypical facade.
But a number of Kim's gold medal predecessors were present Thursday, and all seemed thoroughly impressed that Kim had been so poised and lissome in her presentation and vaulting in her jumps.
Sky's new supernatural-Gothic beast, Penny Dreadful, speaks to the hordes of us who don't want our werewolves and vampires lissome, jejune or, unless there's a good call for it, transgendered.
Barely clad, lissome teen boys are used to sell everything from candy to beer to mutual funds.
You needn't be a vulgar Freudian to get a sexual nuance from her vulnerably lissome form in conjunction with the stiff mast.
The other day on campus, I saw a tall, lissome girl dressed completely in black, with a black head covering that draped down to the middle of her back.
For nearly twenty-five years in the pages of The New Yorker, Gopnik has offered essays of intellectual depth and lissome prose which expound on the dilemmas and curiosities of modern life.
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