lithe
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- lithely adverb
- litheness noun
Etymology
Origin of lithe
before 900; Middle English lith(e), Old English līthe; cognate with Old Saxon līthi, German lind “mild,” Latin lentus “slow”
Example Sentences
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Suddenly, a tall, lithe woman in a long overcoat stood up and made her way to the stage.
From Los Angeles Times
A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.
From Salon
In rehearsal, Mays fully inhabits his role — and his costume — moving with a lithe formality as he strives to eavesdrop on Mozart and Constanze.
From Los Angeles Times
These Olympians, almost none of them were alive when Snoop broke into music, the lithe kid from Long Beach alongside Dr. Dre.
These lithe creatures also have been observed in alpine areas of Oregon, but no population estimate is available there.
From Los Angeles Times
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