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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. moving and bending with ease;
[syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lissom \Lis"som\, Lissome \Lis"some\ (l[i^]s"s[u^]m), a. [For
   lithesome.]
   1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
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            Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   2. Light; nimble; active. --Halliwell. -- Lis"some*ness, n.
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