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
Movies have long cherished the contrast between a ballerina’s delicacy and lithe visuals with the gritty determination required to leap, dance and twirl in the highly unnatural way that is dancing on your toes.
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is clean, lithe, and snappy.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
Tall and lithe with long white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes, the Snow Man has become a boogeyman of sorts for the people living in and around the Min family guild.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 May 2025
Instead of moving with strength or purpose, the suit is agile, lithe, and capable of sliding out of the way of green projectiles to trigger a slow down and gain access to more powerful attacks.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is clean, lithe, and snappy.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
Tall and lithe with long white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes, the Snow Man has become a boogeyman of sorts for the people living in and around the Min family guild.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 May 2025
Instead of moving with strength or purpose, the suit is agile, lithe, and capable of sliding out of the way of green projectiles to trigger a slow down and gain access to more powerful attacks.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lithe
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Building Flexibility Into Your Estate Plan Revocable Living Trusts as Your Foundation A revocable living trust can serve as the cornerstone of flexible estate planning.—
Patti Brennan,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Paramount+ offers two flexible plans to fit your streaming needs.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Her playing was poised and expressive throughout, favoring subtlety over drama and marked by graceful nuance.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
11 July 2025
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The building itself, majestic and graceful, holds an immediate promise of well-being.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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As Artaserse, Kim’s performance took some time to ripen on Friday, his voice sometimes vanishingly slender and lagging behind the orchestra in his first aria to Semira.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Here again, binoculars will prove most beneficial in helping to find not only Pollux and Castor, but this exceedingly slender lunar sliver.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
24 June 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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Just who was this willowy blond from Iowa City, Iowa?—
Gia Kourlas,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Maxon's advanced actuators give AEON its agile, human-like movement, enabling it to tackle a wide range of tasks across various environments.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Mass merchandisers such as Target and Walmart, retailers with diversified sourcing and agile supply chains such as Amazon, and off-price or dollar stores such as Dollar General and Ross Stores are well-positioned to win wallet share in 2025, Coresight indicated in its bts report.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 July 2025
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Right where the mural would be painted are two skinny wall panels between a set of balconies with a metal wall jutting out on the right.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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In 2025, the bandage dress is experiencing a resurgence alongside the rise of a new skinny culture, fueled by the popularity of Ozempic and similar GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, as well as social media trends such as SkinnyTok — a diet culture that is widespread on TikTok.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
11 July 2025
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The bash was aimed at reducing the huge amount of plastic garbage in the oceans.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
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Fitting plastic parts, like the phone’s back cover, tended to be done by hand.—
Verne Kopytoff,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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The team riding the thinnest edge between terrified anxiety and self-perpetuating hype.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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What is a ‘washable’ rug, anyway? Typically made of synthetic fibers like nylon or polypropylene, washable rugs are thinner and more lightweight than traditional rugs, especially in larger sizes.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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“Lithe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lithe. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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