willowiest

Bendiest and most lithe

Willowiest is the superlative of willowy—the most slender, graceful, and flexible.

The word describes the extreme of a lithe, bending quality, like willow branches: She was the willowiest of the dancers, all long limbs and fluid movement.

flexible

supple

Flexing without damage

lithe · lissome · whippy · yielding · flexuous · springy · elastic · resilient · adaptable · swaying

graceful

elegant

Gracefully refined, tasteful

lithe · ethereal · airy · delicate · flowing · sinuous · swaying · languid · fluid · gossamer

poetic

lyrical

Musically expressive

dreamy · whimsical · ethereal · evocative · imagery · verse · metaphor · Ophelia · riverbank · moonlit

melancholic

weeping

Shedding tears audibly

mournful · sorrowful · pensive · elegiac · drooping · trailing · tearful · languishing · forlorn · somber

Opposites
body type/build

willowieststockiest

Most thickset in build

stoutest · heaviest · bulkiest · thickest · chunkiest

flexibility/suppleness

willowieststiffest

Superlative of inflexible

Family

willowier

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G