willowy

comparative willowier · superlative willowiest

1. Resembling a willow.

   Synonyms: willowish, willowlike

2. Tall, slender and graceful.

   The lovely face grew rigid, and the gracious willowy form seemed to erect itself.

   1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

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   Probably the biggest gasp in the Winona Ryder shoplifting trial last week came when two sales clerks in a row testified that the willowy actress had asked them to fetch her Coca-Colas from the Saks Fifth Avenue cafeteria.

   2002 November 3, Rick Lyman, “For the Ryder Trial, a Hollywood Script”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: lithe, slim, svelte, gaunt, gracile, lank, lean, leansome

3. Having willow trees.

   Synonyms: willowed