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Word entry · 5 letters

lithe

Best crossword clue

"Gracefully flexible"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /laɪð/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ehiltStarts with LEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2I3T4H5E

Definitions

  1. gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

Word origin

From Middle English lithe, from Old English līþe (“gentle, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lentos.

Used in a sentence

  • lithe weather
  • lithe body
  • The coaches are grim, tan, lithe-looking women, clearly twirlers once, on the far side of their glory now and very serious-looking, each with a clipboard and whistle.

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