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–adjective, lith·er, lith·est.

bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.

Also, lithesome.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME lith(e), OE līthe; c. OS līthi, G lind mild, L lentus slow

]

—Related forms

lithely, adverb

litheness, noun

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adj. lith·er, lith·est

Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches.
Marked by effortless grace: a lithe ballet dancer.

[Middle English, from Old English līthe, flexible, mild.]

lithe'ly adv., lithe'ness n.

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O.E. liðe "soft, mild, gentle, meek," from P.Gmc. *linthijaz (cf. O.S. lithi, O.H.G. lindi, Ger. lind, O.N. linr, with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in Eng.), from PIE base *lent- "flexible" (cf. L. lentus "flexible, pliant, slow"). In M.E., used of the weather. Current sense of "easily flexible" is from c.1400.

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lithe
adjective
moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome]

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lithe [laið] adjective

(used especially of the human body) bending easily; flexible
Example: as lithe as a cat

Arabic:	مَرِن، لَيِّن، رشيق
Chinese (Simplified):	柔软的
Chinese (Traditional):	柔軟的
Czech:	mrštný
Danish:	smidig
Dutch:	soepel, lenig
Estonian:	nõtke
Finnish:	notkea
French:	agile, souple
German:	geschmeidig
Greek:	σβέλτος, ευλύγιστος
Hungarian:	hajlékony
Icelandic:	lipur, liðugur
Indonesian:	lentur
Italian:	agile

Japanese:	しなやかな
Korean:	유연한
Latvian:	lokans
Lithuanian:	lankstus, miklus
Norwegian:	spenstig, myk
Polish:	gibki, giętki
Portuguese (Brazil):	flexível
Portuguese (Portugal):	flexível
Romanian:	mlădios, suplu
Russian:	гибкий
Slovak:	pružný
Slovenian:	gibčen
Spanish:	ágil
Swedish:	smidig, vig, mjuk
Turkish:	esnek, yumuşak, kıvrak

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LITHE
Object-oriented with extensible syntax.
"LITHE: A Language Combining a Flexible Syntax and Classes", D. Sandberg, Conf Rec 9th Ann ACM Sym POPL, ACM 1982, pp.142-145.

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Lithe

Le"ni*ent\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*ent or l[=e]n"yent), a. [L. leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. Lithe.]

1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of. "Lenient of grief." --Milton.

Of relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. --Arbuthnot. Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand. --Pope.

2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.

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Lithe

Lin\ (l[i^]n), v. i. [AS. linnan. See Lithe.] To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs. or Scot.] --Marston.

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Lithe

Lithe\, v. i. & i. [Icel ?. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.

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