[
UK
/lˈaɪð/
]
[ US /ˈɫaɪð/ ]
[ US /ˈɫaɪð/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
How To Use lithe In A Sentence
- Unpleasant weather conditions prevailed and the players slithering on the greasy surface was a common occurrence.
- Guests nibbled delicate pastries and sipped coffee in the sitting area outside the restaurant while watching the parade of lithesome models.
- Esai is immediately attracted to the lithesome young lady, but Abigail rebuffs his attempts to initiate a simple conquest. Drink One to Me, Christian Bennett by Vicki Allen
- In the boat we were compelled to loll about between heaven and the cool coral groves, and compare enforced inactivity with the blithesome freedom of the weakest butterfly. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
- His first thought was that of every young man, who blithely thinks to pit the bravado he miscalls courage against every obstacle.
- You aren't the blithering idiot the past few have been, and I have this feeling that you're not racist.
- As the endlessly sweet but slightly pinheaded stewardess-to-be Donna, She is yum-yum-yummy in a procession of miniskirts, bikinis, halter tops and other wardrobe choices that make the most of her lithe legginess.
- Such a contrast to the generation that came before, with their big ideas, their insatiable appetites and their blithe disregard for the rest of the world. Times, Sunday Times
- Shortly after leaving the outskirts of Adonis the car slithered down a sloping piece of ground, teetered over a low bank, and splashed logily into water. The Past Through Tomorrow
- For two 50-minute sets the crowd shrugged and shimmied to the rhythm of a more blithe and brilliant era.