Lithe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /laɪð/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lithe is an adjective meaning Slim but not skinny.
Meaning
Slim but not skinny.
More Meanings
- Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
- Adaptable.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become calm.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To attend; listen, hearken.
- (transitive) To listen to, hearken to.
- (obsolete) Mild; calm.
Example Sentences
lithe weather
the elephant’s lithe trunk.
… she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …
The coaches are grim, tan, lithe-looking women, clearly twirlers once, on the far side of their glory now and very serious-looking, each with a clipboard and whistle.
Word Forms
- lither
- lithest
- lithes
- lithing
- lithed
Synonyms for lithe
Depending on context, synonyms include clement, gentle, mellow, lithesome, lissome, swack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lithesome, lissom, lissome, svelte, supple, graceful.
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