crossing legs
Knees over knees
Crossing legs is the act of placing one leg over the other while seated, a common posture of comfort or composure.
The phrase often appears in etiquette discussions about how women should sit, or in body language analysis suggesting defensiveness or self-protection: She sat crossing and uncrossing her legs nervously.
- seatedIn a chair
- postureBody position, alignment
- anklesLower leg joints
- kneesLeg joints with caps
- thighsUpper leg sections
fidgeting · ladylike · uncomfortable · shifting · uncrossing · sitting · chair · body position · waiting · job interview · nervous · nervous habit · elegant · sitting pretty · Sharon Stone · Basic Instinct · prim · interview
- idle actionsfidgeting, waiting, twiddling thumbs, daydreaming, lounging
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
crossing legslegs apart
Limbs separated laterally
straddling · wide stance · manspreading · standing · sprawling
crossing legssprawling
Spread irregularly outward
manspreading · slouching · lounging · open posture · legs akimbo
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