lissomeness

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Athleticism became something he was later to champion in dance: Many of his male dancers had powerful musculatures, while many of his female dancers displayed lissomeness, force and boldness.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

Her movements retained all the lissomeness of youth.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

You're the best shape among us all, my light lissomeness, and your gowns shall fit it rarely.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various

That was not far off fifty; but in movement and lissomeness, she was young as she had been at twenty.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

The waist line, rather high but clearly defined—­a precursor of the later more accentuated fashion—­gave grace to her long slender limbs, and emphasised the lissomeness of her figure.

From I Will Repay by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness