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lithe

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lithe  (l)
adj. lith·er, lith·est
1. Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches.
2. Marked by effortless grace: a lithe ballet dancer.

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

lithely adv.
litheness n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lithe - moving and bending with ease
graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

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

lithe [ˈlaɪð] adjagile, souple

lithe
adj (+er)geschmeidig; person, body alsogelenkig

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

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
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


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TARA of Helium rose from the pile of silks and soft furs upon which she had been reclining, stretched her lithe body languidly, and crossed toward the center of the room, where, above a large table, a bronze disc depended from the low ceiling.
An unusually handsome lithe young fellow, and an unusually handsome lithe girl; much alike; both very dark, and very rich in colour; she of almost the gipsy type; something untamed about them both; a certain air upon them of hunter and huntress; yet withal a certain air of being the objects of the chase, rather than the followers.
To look at the tawny brawn of his lithe snaky limbs, you would almost have credited the superstitions of some of the earlier Puritans, and half believed this wild Indian to be a son of the Prince of the Powers of the Air.
 
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