Both Uses of
lithe
in
Through the Looking-Glass
- Well, "SLITHY" means "lithe and slimy."
Chpt 6 *lithe = moving and bending with ease
- "Lithe" is the same as "active."†
Chpt 6lithe = graceful and flexible (moving and bending with ease)
Definitions:
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(1)
(lithe) a graceful, flexible body -- often implying thinness
or:
graceful, flexible body movement -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, lithe can mean that something is easily bent or flexed--such as "a thin blade of lithe steel," or "twisted the lithe vines."