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                                                      : easily bent or flexed                                      
              
                             
lithe steel
                                       a lithe vine
                         
                
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                                                      : characterized by easy flexibility and grace                                      
              
                             
a lithe dancer
                                       treading with a lithe silent step
                         
                
                                
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                                                      : athletically slim                                       
              
                             
            the most lithe and graspable of waists    — R. P. Warren
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                                                      lithely
                                      adverb
                                                                            
    
                                                      litheness
                                      noun
                                                                            
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  Merriam-Webster unabridged




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