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Definition of lithe : 1. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
2. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
3. To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
4. To smooth; to soften; to palliate.

Synonyms:

lissome, lithesome, polished, slight, graceful, refined, lissom, urbane, slim, svelte, thin, sylphlike, agile, slender

plastic, pliant, adaptable, elastic, malleable, buoyant, mutable, limber, extensible, springy, flexible, stretchy, supple, resilient

pliable, mushy, soft, tractable, yielding, gentle

Usage examples:

• Round and round they twisted and turned their lithe bodies. - "With Axe and Rifle", W.H.G. Kingston.
• He was a man of twenty- four or twenty- five, lithe and alert. - "The Clue of the Twisted Candle", Edgar Wallace.
• The boy- for he was no more than a boy- sat the beast as though born to it, his lithe frame taking every motion of his mount as softly as a good boat rides the sea. - "The Cow Puncher", Robert J. C. Stead.