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lithe

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Where his characters are ponderous, he’s lithe: more open-collared casual than suffed shirt.

lithe
adj.   lith·er, lith·est

  1. Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches.
  2. Marked by effortless grace: a lithe ballet dancer.

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June 3, 2008 at 6:19 pm

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But Firth, in a display of sangfroid worthy of types he frequently portrays onscreen – we might call them reserved, he has described them as “quintessentially repressed” - never breaks his stride.

sang-froid or sang·froid
n.   Coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances.

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June 3, 2008 at 6:16 pm

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