lissom
Example Sentences
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As a lissom 20-year-old I resented my waddly disguise, but came around to a riveting truth: being attractive was less useful to me than being free.
From The Guardian
“It’s also put together with a lissom confidence and a breeziness that more than compensates for a gossamer lightness when it comes to substance.”
From The Guardian
On the 6 and 6 Plus, it’s lissom.
From The Guardian
It's lissom and light – insubstantial, but in a good way.
From The Guardian
Somewhere along the way during the past 14 years the lissom whippersnapper with the fleet feet turned into the craggy old hulk who will line up against England on Sunday.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
