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lithesome adjective [ ˈlʌɪðs(ə)m ]

• another term for lithe.

lithe adjective

• (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.
• "she lay gazing up at his tall, lithe figure"
Similar: agile, graceful, supple, limber, loose-limbed, nimble, deft, spry, flexible, pliant, pliable, lissom, willowy, acrobatic, fit, lithesome,
Opposite: clumsy, stiff,
Origin: Old English līthe ‘gentle, meek’ also ‘mellow’, of Germanic origin; related to German lind ‘soft, gentle’.


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