lithe
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
Origin of lithe
1- Also lithe·some [lahyth-suhm] /ˈlaɪð səm/ .
Other words from lithe
- lithely, adverb
- litheness, noun
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How to use lithe in a sentence
In which the drowzie God of sleepe his lither limbes doth rest.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe birds were about the size of the hermit thrushes, but lither and suppler.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester KeyserShe was like a tigress in a wicker cage, growing hungrier, lither, more gracefully fierce.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesIt is clean-cut in shape, perhaps rather lither than the brown trout, and when large it is not so deep.
Fishing in British Columbia | Thomas Wilson LambertThen higher is Lither lane, turning also to the field, lately replenished with houses built, and so to the bar.
The Survey of London | John Stow
British Dictionary definitions for lithe
/ (laɪð) /
flexible or supple
Origin of lithe
1Derived forms of lithe
- lithely, adverb
- litheness, noun
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