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lithe

  [lahyth]
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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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lithe   (līth)   
adj.   lith·er, lith·est
  1. Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches.
  2. 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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Lither

Li"ther\, a. [AS. ? bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp. Woolton.

Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.]. -- Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]
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