Definizione monolingua

lithe

lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past lithed or lode, past participle lithed or lidden)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go.

lithe (comparative lither, superlative lithest)

1. (obsolete) Mild; calm.

   lithe weather

2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber

   the elephant’s lithe proboscis.

   • 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Elsie Venner, page 125

     … she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …

Definizione dizionario lithe

agile

duttile

flessibile

flessuoso

Altri significati:

flexible

(obsolete) To smooth; to soften; to palliate.

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber

(obsolete) Mild; calm.