Lexicographical Neighbors of Lissomely
Literary usage of Lissomely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1902)
"She drew back with a breath of anger, as the Cardinal, lissomely enough, barred
her way. The next instant, with a lightning-like movement, she had snatched ..."
2. The Standard Bearer by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1898)
"I had been waiting a long time ere I heard her come, lissomely springing from
tuft to tuft of grass and whistling that bonnie dance tune, "The Broom o' the ..."
3. Essays from the Chap-book: Being a Miscellany of Curious and Interesting by H. H. Boyesen (1896)
"The girl is pretty, brown as a berry, smiling, and lissomely graceful.
Her sophistication is altogether hereditary. Sidney had her in mind when he wrote ..."
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