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lithe
/laɪð/
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What does lithe mean?
adjective
- Slim but not skinny.
- Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
- Adaptable.
More meanings (7)
verb
- To listen to, hearken to.
- (obsolete) To become calm.
- (obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
- (obsolete) To attend; listen, hearken.
- (archaic) to thicken (gravy, etc.)
noun
- Shelter.
adjective
- (obsolete) Mild; calm.
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IPA pronunciation
/laɪð/
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At last he saw it, not twenty feet away—the long, lithe, muscular body and tawny head of a huge black-maned lion.
They passed around us quietly, the little yellow man leading, with his curious, lithe gait, and the other, an impassive Chinaman, following.
More book examples (3)
He was a very dusky-coloured young Pathan about twenty years of age, lithe and active, and honest and pleasant-looking, as Pathans go.
After a single tentative trial he jumped lightly to the very centre of his place, with the lithe caution of a cat.
Planted against a wall, or beside a stout-growing, open-habited shrub, where the peculiarly lithe branches can find support, this plant does best.