as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the rattan's stems are split into willowy staves that are woven together to produce exquisite baskets
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Recent Examples of willowy
Kidman, who’s nearly six feet tall, impossibly willowy, and the precise shade of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has never been an Everywoman.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Joan Vassos — willowy, blonde, and 61 years young — is surrounded by 12 senior men who are getting ready to show some skin.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Joan Vassos — willowy, blonde, and 61 years young — is surrounded by 12 senior men who are getting ready to show some skin.
—EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for willowy
Adjective
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However, this time it’s been repackaged in a physical design that’s more flexible.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Those include many federal government workers, who may have been drawn to their jobs because government jobs were long seen as flexible, with good benefits like parental leave, says Heggeness.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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See, 'cause unlike real living grass, plastic grass never needs mowing, watering, fertilizing, or spraying for weeds.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
30 July 2025
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Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Jared Gray, 25, in June after investigators discovered his fingerprint on the bottom of a plastic cup inside the vehicle where Vega’s body was found, according to court records.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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The look was completed with gray pleated trousers, a floppy black hat, a shiny black leather handbag and a chunky gold stack of bracelets worn on her left hand.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Dragging the roll slider up and down made the R1T go from a relaxed, floppy feel to a taut, engaging turner.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Letz is a physically and emotionally pliant but also a verbose actor of great versatility, able to play a standard Second City dad and Chicag’ow type, but also a neurotic (lots of call for that in this show) and a dweeb and, well, whatever gets thrown his way.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.—
Forrest Brown,
CNN,
21 June 2022
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“Willowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/willowy. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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