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71Softness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Softness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 softness softness pliableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 flexibility flexibility Sgm: N 1 pliancy pliancy pliability Sgm: N 1 sequacity sequacity malleability …
72lissom — lis|som lissome [ˈlısəm] adj literary [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: lithesome lissom (18 20 centuries), from lithe + some] a body that is lissom is thin and graceful = ↑lithe …
73pliable — a. 1. Flexible, flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent. 2. Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, easily persuaded, docile, obsequious, ductile, facile …
74supple — a. 1. Pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent, elastic. 2. Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, soft. 3. Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic, flattering, supple chapped,… …
75lithe — adjective lithe dancers Syn: agile, graceful, supple, limber, lithesome, loose limbed, nimble, deft, flexible, lissome, slender, slim, willowy Ant: clumsy …
76agile — agile, nimble, brisk, spry mean acting or moving with quickness and alacrity. Agile implies dexterity and ease in the management of one’s limbs or, by extension, one’s wits {agile as a monkey} {in a flow of racy comment, skimming from one topic… …
77limber — adj *supple, lithe, lithesome, lissome Analogous words: pliant, pliable, *plastic: flexible, *elastic, resilient, springy Contrasted words: *stiff, inflexible, rigid, tense, stark, wooden …
78lissome — lithesome, lithe, *supple, limber Analogous words: & Contrasted words: see those at LITHE …
79lithe — lithe, lithesome lissome, *supple, limber Analogous words: slender, slim, slight, *thin: *lean, spare: pliant, pliable, *plastic: nimble, *agile, brisk, spry: graceful, elegant (see corresponding nouns at ELEGANCE) …
80slim — *thin, slender, slight, tenuous, rare Analogous words: *lean, spare, skinny, scrawny: *meager, exiguous, scant, scanty: lithe, lithesome, lissome (see SUPPLE) Antonyms: chubby (of persons) …
