lithe

lithe  (l)

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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[Middle English, from Old English lthe, flexible, mild.]

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lithely adv.

litheness n.

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lithe [laɪð]

adj

flexible or supple

[Old English (in the sense: gentle; C15: supple); related to Old High German lindi soft, Latin lentus slow]

lithely  adv

litheness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

lithe - moving and bending with ease lissom, lissome, lithesome, supple, sylphlike, svelte, slender graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

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lithe

adjective supple, flexible, agile, limber, pliable, pliant, lissom(e), loose-jointed, loose-limbed His walk was lithe and graceful.

Translations

lithe [laɪð] ADJ → ágil

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lithe [ˈlaɪð] adj → agile, souple

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lithe

adj (+er) → geschmeidig; person, body also → gelenkig

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lithe [laɪð] adj (frm) → agile, flessuoso/a

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lithe

adj lithe [laið]

(used especially of the human body) bending easily; flexible as lithe as a cat. buigsaam, soepel مَرِن، لَيِّن، رشيق гъвкав mrštný smidig geschmeidig σβέλτος, ευλύγιστος ágil nõtke قابل انعطاف vetreä agile, souple גָּמִיש सुनम्य savitljiv, prilagodljiv hajlékony lentur lipur, liðugur agile しなやかな 유연한 lankstus, miklus lokans mudah meliuk lentur soepel, lenig spenstig, myk gibki, giętki flexível mlădios, suplu гибкий pružný gibčen gibak smidig, vig, mjuk อ่อนช้อย esnek, yumuşak, kıvrak 柔軟的 гнучкий لوچ دار mềm mại 柔软的

n litheness

buigsaamheid, soepelheid مُرونَه، لين، رَشاقَه гъвкавост mrštnost smidighed die Geschmeidigkeit σβελτάδα, ευλυγισία agilidad nõtkus انعطاف پذیری notkeus agilité גְמִישוּת लचीलापन savitljivost hajlékonyság ketangkasan lipurð agilità しなやかさ 유연함 lankstumas lokanums kelenturan lenigheid spenstighet, smidighet gibkość flexibilidade supleţe гибкость pružnosť gibčnost gipkost smidighet ความอ่อนช้อย esneklik, yumuşaklık, kıvraklık 輕巧自如 гнучкість لچک sự mềm mại 轻巧自如