Lithe (Adjective)
Meaning
Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The lithe figure of the dancer moved effortlessly across the stage, her movements fluid and unencumbered by unnecessary tension.
- She was a lithe and agile athlete, able to leap and bound with ease, her slender limbs propelling her forward with incredible speed.
- With a lithe movement, the snake slithered silently through the underbrush, its body bending and twisting with ease as it made its way through the dense foliage.
- The lithe young woman glided through the water with ease, her slender arms and legs moving in perfect concert as she sliced through the surface.
- The ballerina's lithe body seemed to float across the stage, her movements so light and airy that it seemed as though she was defying gravity itself.