Synonyms:
lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike
Meaning: moving and bending with ease
Usage examples
Lithe as a panther
Lithe and poised, he was the epitome of leashed and controlled action.
The eucalyptus-trees, although thirty or forty feet high, were lithe and slender; some of them could be spanned by the hands.
The four-voiced part has such a clearness withal, it seems as if warm spring breezes were waving the lithe leaves of the palm tree.
No comrade knew Dru better than Strawn, and no one admired him so much. Therefore, Gloria, ever seeking a closer contact with life, had come to West Point eager to meet the lithe young Kentuckian, and to measure him by the other men of her acquaintance.