1
as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the lithe blade of a fencing foil
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2
as in graceful
moving easily
lithe dancers glided across the stage
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3
as in slender
having a noticeably small amount of body fat
she has the lithe, sinewy body of a distance runner
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Recent Examples of lithe
Five spice pepitas delivered breathy notes of Asian cuisine and, along with the crunch of radish, provided textural contrast to the lithe fish.
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Should it be flecked with standard chocolate chips, bigger chocolate chunks, or lithe flakes?
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2025
Fox News Digital spotted a lithe Maxwell jogging in the yard at a federal prison in Tallahassee Thursday evening.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is clean, lithe, and snappy.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Should it be flecked with standard chocolate chips, bigger chocolate chunks, or lithe flakes?
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2025
Fox News Digital spotted a lithe Maxwell jogging in the yard at a federal prison in Tallahassee Thursday evening.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is clean, lithe, and snappy.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lithe
Adjective
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The vacuum's flexible neck made cleaning under chairs, the couch, and around tight corners simple.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Mini muffins and cupcakes are a classic, and this flexible silicone pan makes a convenient option for batch baking.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Sep. 2025
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Tapping into traditional craft methods, from woodworking and stone mining to hammering metal, Gerlach&Heilig utilizes modern systems and tools (laser cutting, CNC milling) to design contemporary furnishings that embrace a graceful, minimal simplicity.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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Another highlight was the graceful Otoro (fatty bluefin belly) nigiri.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ostrich dinosaurs walked on two long, slender hind legs and had a long neck with a small head, similar to modern ostriches, experts said.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 22,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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This further shrank the already slender Republican House majority.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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Järnkrok looked agile and engaged in a 4-2 loss.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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This means more autonomous robots that intelligently zip across floors, flying warehouse drones that scan packages and RFID tags from above, and agile super robots that put human limitations to shame.—
Lauren Parker,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Crawford isn’t the only A-lister ditching skinny jeans for roomier styles — Katie Holmes, Olivia Munn, and Margot Robbie have all adopted the leg-elongating denim trend.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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The brows, similarly, took on many forms — bushy, skinny, straight and curved.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Women dangle live chickens from their hands, and carry spices piled high in plastic buckets on their heads.—
Sarah Dean,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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The work points toward more energy-efficient methods for plastic upcycling, reducing pollution while creating sustainable fuels.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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Such devices must be thin and resilient, capable of working where rigid materials fail.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Long wigs and extensions almost always run on the thinner side by default—an issue hair companies still haven’t really solved.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Lithe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lithe. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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