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    [Adjective]  | "lis*some" | \ ˈli-səm \


    1: easily flexed

    2: lithe

    3: nimble


    Origin: 1763 ;

     Alteration of lithesome;

    [Adjective]  | "lissome" 


    1: moving easily;


      * e.g., " ... the lissome actress's dance training is apparent in the way she moves on stage "





    2: able to bend easily without breaking;


      * e.g., " ... rattan is such a lissome material that it can be used for all manner of furniture and baskets "





     [ "Lissome" ]

    1: Attractively thin and able to move quickly and smoothly.

      * e.g.,  ... This insect is lissome. 

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