English
Etymology
Old English līþe
Pronunciation
audio|en-uk-lithe.ogg|Audio (UK)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪð|-aɪð
Adjective
en-adj
- mild|Mild; calm.
#: lithe weather
- Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
#:*"...she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace..." — Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Synonyms
saurus|thin|skinny
Verb
lithe
- To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
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