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crosslegged

crosslegged is the alternative spelling of cross-legged.

Meaning of cross-legged

Adjective

cross-legged (not comparable)

  1. Having one leg over and across the other.
    • Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  2. Having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart.
    • She sits cross-legged on her charpai' as I look at old pictures.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 36

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Questions about crosslegged

What is crosslegged the alternative spelling of?
Crosslegged is the alternative spelling of cross-legged.

Words near crosslegged in the dictionary

  1. crosskicked
  2. crosskicking
  3. crosskicks
  4. Crossland
  5. Crosslands
  6. crosslegged
  7. crosslegs
  8. crossless
  9. crosslessness
  10. crosslet
  11. crossleted

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