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lithe
[ lahyth ]
adjective
- bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
the lithe body of a ballerina.
lithe
/ laɪð /
adjective
- flexible or supple
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Derived Forms
- ˈlitheness, noun
- ˈlithely, adverb
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Other Words From
- lithely adverb
- litheness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lithe1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lithe1
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Example Sentences
Yet there were no pictures of Harry in his swimming trunks being kissed by lithe beauties on Ipanema Beach this week.
He wanted to be lithe and smooth and lightly airborne, working on his break dancing until he could make himself appear to flow.
Who was that lithe, bendable gymnast setting alight the Olympic flame?
The fact is that Putin has never publically acknowledged his rumored relationship with the lithe, bendable Kabaeva.
The Fishermen, like thieves, shake out their silver,/ the lithe knives wriggle on the drying sand.
Of course the lithe and active Susy escaped him, and also escaped being too late by only half a minute.
Along the corridor he went with a lithe, silent step, moving from the hips and swinging his shoulders.
Clip, by a quick movement of his lithe body, caught the man's wrist and held the weapon back.
Peter, as lithe as a cat, was on his feet again almost at once, with a torn collar and an ugly mark on his face.
The animals are quite as large as ordinary horses, are lithe, active, and literally unhurtable.
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