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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. moving and bending with ease;
[syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lithe \Lithe\ (l[imac][th]), v. t. & i. [Icel hl[=y][eth]a. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lithe \Lithe\, a. [AS. l[imac][eth]e, for lin[eth]e tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.] 1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. --Milton. Syn: lithesome. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lithe \Lithe\, v. t. [AS. l[imac][eth]ian. See Lithe, a.] To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lithe adj 1: moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

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.