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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In a YouTube video posted by NASA, kids sit cross-legged in neat rows in a gymnasium at Sunita L. Williams Elementary School in Needham, Massachusetts.
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Jacob Posner, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2025
Sitting cross-legged in an armchair, a woman in a beret and an open fur coat exposing a scarlet dress gazes intently with pursed lips.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Hilaria is sitting cross-legged in jeans on a couch, also known as Reality TV Posture #1.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Giving a heightened sense of drama to the occasion, the 18-year-old marked the goal by mimicking Haaland’s celebration – sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes as if meditating.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Posner, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2025
Sitting cross-legged in an armchair, a woman in a beret and an open fur coat exposing a scarlet dress gazes intently with pursed lips.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Hilaria is sitting cross-legged in jeans on a couch, also known as Reality TV Posture #1.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Giving a heightened sense of drama to the occasion, the 18-year-old marked the goal by mimicking Haaland’s celebration – sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes as if meditating.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Cross-legged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-legged. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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