From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlithelithe /laɪð/ adjective GRACEFULhaving a body that moves easily and gracefully the strong lithe bodies of gymnasts —lithely adverb
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lithe• His body was agonizingly slender and lithe.• He dashed across the puddles in the courtyard, lithe and athletic.• The lithe and lean Banks was not alone.• Second, I use the word because it is lithe and playful, high-spirited and coltish.• Feel beautiful, lithe and positive as you do them.• the dancer's lithe body• With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements, I loped up the grassy knoll to the court.• A florid, solid woman, Zaiga bore little resemblance to the lithe, romantic girl her parents had lost.• I felt awkward among the lithe young sun-tanned girls on the beach.Origin lithe Old English “gentle” 