Willowy
adjective
Tall, thin, and moving gracefully.
She was a willowy woman with long graceful limbs.
Often appears as...
- willowy figure
- willowy woman
adjective
Resembling a willow tree, often in relation to its slender, drooping branches.
The willowy trees lined the banks of the stream.
Often appears as...
- willowy tree
- willowy branches
adjective
Tall, thin, and moving gracefully.
She was a willowy woman with long graceful limbs.
Often appears as...
- willowy figure
- willowy woman
adjective
Resembling a willow tree, often in relation to its slender, drooping branches.
The willowy trees lined the banks of the stream.
Often appears as...
- willowy tree
- willowy branches
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Graceful Implied
Using 'willowy' suggests elegance and grace, not just thinness.
The ballerina's willowy posture captivated the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Willowy' often carries a positive connotation, likening someone to a pleasing aesthetic.
Despite his height, his willowy frame made him an excellent dancer.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Gender Specific
While often used for women, 'willowy' is not gender-specific and can describe men too.
He was a willowy youth, towering yet agile.
Pro Tip 1/3Graceful Implied
Using 'willowy' suggests elegance and grace, not just thinness.
The ballerina's willowy posture captivated the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Willowy' often carries a positive connotation, likening someone to a pleasing aesthetic.
Despite his height, his willowy frame made him an excellent dancer.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Gender Specific
While often used for women, 'willowy' is not gender-specific and can describe men too.
He was a willowy youth, towering yet agile.
Pro Tip 1/3Graceful Implied
Using 'willowy' suggests elegance and grace, not just thinness.
The ballerina's willowy posture captivated the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Willowy' often carries a positive connotation, likening someone to a pleasing aesthetic.
Despite his height, his willowy frame made him an excellent dancer.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Gender Specific
While often used for women, 'willowy' is not gender-specific and can describe men too.
He was a willowy youth, towering yet agile.
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Video examples
Plesiosaurs 101 PIPE...
Older depictions portray these necks as willowy and snake-like, but recent discoveries have shown that they were, in fact, relatively stiff. This allowed the plesiosaurs to stay streamlined while swimming or while hunting fish, squid, and clams.
Video examples
Living in a shadow PIPE...
pals met properly at last claire remembers Margaret up a gigantic ladder a willowy woman with a huge belly painting with roller brushes on to the walls late into the night one night in Philadelphia Claire saw Margaret run
Video examples
Plesiosaurs 101 PIPE...
Older depictions portray these necks as willowy and snake-like, but recent discoveries have shown that they were, in fact, relatively stiff. This allowed the plesiosaurs to stay streamlined while swimming or while hunting fish, squid, and clams.
Video examples
Living in a shadow PIPE...
pals met properly at last claire remembers Margaret up a gigantic ladder a willowy woman with a huge belly painting with roller brushes on to the walls late into the night one night in Philadelphia Claire saw Margaret run
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Shonda Rhimes
American Producer
I don't care what color you are, what size you are, where you're from. It is disturbing that there's an idea that only tall, thin, willowy, size 0 women are attractive - even for the tall, thin, willowy, size 0 woman! We all should get to feel like there's something powerful and beautiful about who we are.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
You don't have to be in pursuit of a body beautiful to wish yourself to be the flexuously willowy creature you once were or, failing that, just to be able to pick up something you have dropped.
Quote examples
Sarah Hay
American Actress
In the dance world, you have to have a certain muscular shape; you have to have long limbs and willowy shoulders. It's hard to have breasts.
Quote examples
Shonda Rhimes
American Producer
I don't care what color you are, what size you are, where you're from. It is disturbing that there's an idea that only tall, thin, willowy, size 0 women are attractive - even for the tall, thin, willowy, size 0 woman! We all should get to feel like there's something powerful and beautiful about who we are.
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
You don't have to be in pursuit of a body beautiful to wish yourself to be the flexuously willowy creature you once were or, failing that, just to be able to pick up something you have dropped.
Quote examples
Sarah Hay
American Actress
In the dance world, you have to have a certain muscular shape; you have to have long limbs and willowy shoulders. It's hard to have breasts.
Example 1 of 3
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