| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| lithe |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  l th |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: lith·er, lith·est
1. Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches. 2. Marked by effortless grace: a lithe ballet dancer. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English lthe, flexible, mild. | | OTHER FORMS: | lithe ly —ADVERB
litheness —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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