Meaning of lithe in English

lithe

adjective

/laɪð/ us

/laɪð/

young, healthy, attractive, and able to move and bend smoothly:

He had the lithe, athletic body of a ballet dancer.

Synonyms

lissome literary
slender
supple
svelte
sylphlike usually humorous

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having less flesh on the body than average

thinShe's on a diet but I think she's already too thin.
skinnyYou should eat more. You're much too skinny.
scrawnyHe hated his scrawny legs.
slimHe was tall, very slim, with pale, deep-set eyes.
slenderHe put his arms around her slender waist.

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Animal physiology: fit & healthy

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lithely

(Definition of lithe from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

lithe | American Dictionary

lithe

adjective

/lɑɪð, lɑɪθ/

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(of a body) thin and attractive, and able to move easily and gracefully, or (of movements) easy and graceful:

He was a fabulous athlete, full of lithe, quick movements.

She represented the era's ideal of lithe, athletic, modern American womanhood.

(Definition of lithe from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of lithe

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A calmer section brings lithe and lyrical counterpoint, before the fast-machine music and fanfares resume.

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Women were prime targets for these products, for ideals of female beauty required youthful, unwrinkled faces, and lithe figures of adolescence or early adulthood.

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They are tall, lithe, smart, effective, healthy young men.

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Could we not give to lithe miners tomorrow a much larger sum?

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The lithe owner and the tithe payer alike were looking out to find some definite settlement of this question.

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There was the same sort of thing over the pithead baths, and we must try to break this clown a lithe more quickly if we can.

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The man is seated on a plinth, back upright, head in contemplative profile, lithe legs dangling in mid-air.

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