loose-limbed

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loose-limbed

adj

(of a person) having supple limbs

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loose′-limbed′

adj.

having supple arms and legs.

[1815–25]

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loose-limbed

adjective limber, plastic, flexible, graceful, elastic, supple, agile, lithe, pliable, pliant, lissom(e), loose-jointed a loose-limbed, feline figure wearing black gloves

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loose-limbed

[ˈluːsˈlɪmd] ADJ → ágil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

loose-limbed

[ˈluːsˈlɪmd] adj → snodato/a, agile

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