Thesaurus entry: willowy

Dictionary definition: willowy
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      205 words ...wil·low·y / ˈwilōē / • adj. 1. bordered, shaded, or covered by willows: willowy meadow land. 2. (of a person) tall, slim, and lithe.

Article: Rubbery, willowy weakness.(Local)
The Virginian Pilot;  September 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... end of the market. This matters not only because of trade disruptions it may cause, but also because it is evidence of his willowy weakness under pressure from his political patrons. In 2000, as a price of China's admission to the World Trade Organization ...

Article: Holly is the new Fern. The willowy Ms Willoughby replaces ...
Belfast Telegraph;  July 18, 2009 ;     305 words ...Holly is the new Fern. The willowy Ms Willoughby replaces the older Ms Britton as the new queen of daytime TV and inevitably the debate about ageism against women ...

Article: Interior Rule on Designation of Critical Habitat for ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 24, 2007 ;     320 words ... ... entitled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Monardella linoides ssp. viminea (Willowy Monardella)." The document (RIN1018-AT92) was received by the Senate on Jan. 12. For more information about this report ...

Article: NO NEED TO CRY FOR THIS WILLOWY BEAUTY.(Real Estate)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Stately, graceful, messy and short-lived for a tree: The weeping willow's attributes run about as wide as its roots can reach. Salix alba is its botanical name. Although we commonly call it a weeping willow, its real name is white willow (alba is Latin for white). Its hardiness zones run from 4 to

Article: The Beauty of Birches; These Willowy Figures Add Grace to ...
The Washington Post;  March 19, 1987 ;     700+ words ...The birch is a lovely addition to any lawn, but on its own, even if multitrunked, it looks lost and forlorn. Yet a clump of closely planted birches lends an air of distinction to a small town-house courtyard without overwhelming it. And a stand of birches along a driveway or path to the house does

Article: So have you inherited your mother's ME MUM body? It's a legacy ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ...AT SOME point every woman will look in the mirror and fear she's turning into her mother. But are we fated to inherit our mother's body shape? Writer Ursula Hirschkorn, 37, asked this after developing a near-identical figure to her mother. Here Ursula, who lives in North London with husband Mike,