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Table of Contents -- lithe POS
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective lithe has 1 sense

lithe(s = adj.all) lissom, lissome, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike - moving and bending with ease;

Derived form noun litheness₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

lithe, v. t. & i. [Icel hl. See Listen.].

To listen or listen to; to hearken to. P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]

lithe, a. [AS. l, for lin tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.].

Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [1913 Webster]

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton. [1913 Webster]

lithe, v. t. [AS. l. See Lithe, a.].

To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

lithe, adj. flexible, supple.

Derivative

lithely adv. litheness n. lithesome adj.

Etymology

OE lithe f. Gmc

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THESAURUS

lithe
adaptable, bendable, bending, compliant, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, giving, impressible, impressionable, lean, like putty, limber, lissome, lithesome, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, receptive, responsive, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, slender, slight, slim, spare, springy, submissive, supple, susceptible, thin, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding

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lithe

Softness
N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.