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lissome

adjective as in agile and thin

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Her shimmering, fluent physicality, displayed over the years in videos and performances, is equally fearless and lissome.

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Jaeggy’s books are slim and lissome, usually topping out around 100 pages, and have a monastic degree of focus.

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The lissome little murder mystery retails for $15 and totals 100 pages.

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But Gendel was a modest man, more observant than chest-thumping, and this comparatively lissome, quiet volume might be what fits him best.

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In this one-man show by the veteran South African choreographer Robyn Orlin — political, poignant and mercifully funny — Khoza, stunningly loose and in command of the crowd, reveals a quick mind and lissome physicality.

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