cross-legged
adverb or adjective
ˈkrȯs-ˌle-gəd 
-ˌlā-;
-ˌlegd,
-ˌlāgd
1
: with legs crossed and knees spread wide apart
2
: with one leg placed over and across the other
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The chair’s interior is a roomy 32 inches wide, perfect for sitting cross-legged or cuddling with a pack of fur babies, with 44 inches of headspace for even the tallest among us.
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Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
An eighth-grader cross-legged on the floor of his parents’ bedroom, clicking the channel to IFC and finding the trio of uncanny coincidences that make up the film’s prologue.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Others sit cross-legged and motionless on four-tiered metal bunks that line the cells.
—David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Sitting cross-legged at the Moxy Hotel’s Café d’Avignon in the East Village, Pigossi admits that High Tide feels different than anything he’s done before.
—Michael Cuby, Them, 18 Oct. 2024
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Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
An eighth-grader cross-legged on the floor of his parents’ bedroom, clicking the channel to IFC and finding the trio of uncanny coincidences that make up the film’s prologue.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Others sit cross-legged and motionless on four-tiered metal bunks that line the cells.
—David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Sitting cross-legged at the Moxy Hotel’s Café d’Avignon in the East Village, Pigossi admits that High Tide feels different than anything he’s done before.
—Michael Cuby, Them, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Cross-legged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-legged. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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