lithely

Examples

• All

• She sat back lithely on her heels as she talked, and a glow came into her sallow cheeks.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Skyla skipped lithely sideways, vaulted the desk, and dove through the door to the sleeping quarters.

  Fiction book (1992)

• My nobleman sprang up lithely, sword in hand, alert.

  Fiction book (1997)

• She could not dance while scrambling, but she moved so lithely that the spirits might not know the difference.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Man-shaped and naked, he strolled lithely into the clearing, covered head to foot with soft brown hair.

  Fiction book (2001)

• He rose, all sure confidence and lithely muscled grace, when Egwene and Nynaeve came in.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Backlit by dim hall lights and front-lit by digitized tropical moonlight, a man bounded lithely into the room.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Julianna pulled the door open and slipped lithely inside, moving with grace and agility.

• Skyla skipped lithely sideways, vaulting the desk with a smooth and elegant motion.

• He charged ahead, lithely maneuvering through a crowd as if he were dancing.

Synonyms

A

agilely

vslithely

1 4.0

Move quickly and lightly with skill and control

focuses more on flexible graceful motion rather than raw quickness

L

lightsomely

vslithely

• Archaic

9.3

In a quick, gentle way that looks graceful

emphasizes bending flexibility and agile control rather than only light movement

Antonyms

C

clumsily

11 2.8

In an awkward way that shows little skill or control

How Graceful

elegantly

21 3.9

gracefully

49 2.8

lithely

1 6.5

nimbly

4 4.0

smoothly

132 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology