Shonda Rhimes

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.

American Producer

Howard Jacobson

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.

British Novelist

Sarah Hay

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.

American Actress

Using 'willowy' suggests elegance and grace, not just thinness.

Graceful Implied

'Willowy' often carries a positive connotation, likening someone to a pleasing aesthetic.

Positive Connotation

While often used for women, 'willowy' is not gender-specific and can describe men too.

Not Gender Specific

'Willowy' links to nature imagery, often evoking scenes with willow trees.

Natural Visuals

Reflects characteristics of willow trees, like drooping or cascading forms.

Drooping Association

The term can imply something is soft, gentle, and flowing in its nature.

Soft and Gentle

 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.

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 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