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lithelithe /laɪð/ adjective   litheOrigin: Old English ‘gentle’ - I felt awkward among the lithe young sun-tanned girls on the beach.
- the dancer's lithe body
- A florid, solid woman, Zaiga bore little resemblance to the lithe, romantic girl her parents had lost.
- Feel beautiful, lithe and positive as you do them.
- He dashed across the puddles in the courtyard, lithe and athletic.
- His body was agonizingly slender and lithe.
- Second, I use the word because it is lithe and playful, high-spirited and coltish.
- The lithe and lean Banks was not alone.
- With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements, I loped up the grassy knoll to the court.
graceful► graceful moving in a smooth, controlled way that is attractive to look at: · Gwyneth Paltrow is wonderful in the film, tall, graceful and elegant.· In recent years these graceful birds have been seen again in increasing numbers.· He sketched her quickly, with a few graceful strokes of his pen. ► elegant someone who is elegant dresses, behaves, and moves in a graceful and attractive way: · He was a tall, elegant man, silver-haired and beautifully dressed.· All the dancers looked so elegant as they moved slowly round the room.· Her good looks and confident, elegant manner made her the centre of attention. ► lithe written someone who has a lithe body is able to bend, stretch, and move easily - use this especially about someone who looks young, thin, and attractive: · I felt awkward among the lithe young sun-tanned girls on the beach. ► effortless effortless movements or actions are very smooth and controlled, as though they are made without any effort at all, especially because the person who makes them has a lot of skill: · She performed her dive with effortless grace.· Mark drew quickly and with confidence, in a way that looked completely effortless. ► flowing flowing movements are made gracefully and without interruption: · Steve turned, raised his arm and threw the ball, all in one flowing movement.· The cheetah's long flowing strides make it faster than any other animal on earth. having a body that moves easily and gracefully:  the strong lithe bodies of gymnasts—lithely adverb |