willowy

Etymology

willow + -y

adj

  1. Resembling a willow.
  2. (of a person) Tall, slender and graceful.
    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. 2002-11-03, Rick Lyman, “For the Ryder Trial, a Hollywood Script”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  3. (of a place) Having willow trees.

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