What does cross-legged mean?
Cross-legged means Having one leg over and across the other..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
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.
She sits cross-legged on her charpai' as I look at old pictures.
Use cross-legged when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cross-legged means Having one leg over and across the other..
Common synonyms include criss-cross applesauce, crosslegs, Indian style, pretzel style.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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