lissome

[ lis-uhm ]

/ ˈlɪs əm /

lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.

agile, nimble, or active.

Origin of lissome

First recorded in 1790–1800; variant of lithesome

1 rigid.

2 clumsy.

lis·some·ly, adverb lis·some·ness, noun

The lean and lissome Obama has learned to slap with a long hand.

Mumbai's Dangerous Amnesia |M.J. Akbar |November 25, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
It could be no other figure, for no other figure that I had ever seen could walk with the same triumphant and lissome grace.

The Portal of Dreams |Charles Neville Buck
What rhythms are so lissome and persuasive as those of the first part?

The Life of Francis Thompson |Everard Meynell
She was thinking it felt a lot like her old trouping days, when her telephone tinkled and a voice announced Mrs. Lissome.

Gigolo |Edna Ferber

But, with all her savage, lissome strength she scratched and struck and struggled.

An Apache Princess |Charles King
Her own costly wedding veil drapes the dainty, lissome figure.

Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily |Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller