litheness

1. 1.

   the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple

   Synonymslissomenesssuppleness

   Broadergracefulness

Other forms of litheness

plural

lithenesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about litheness

What does litheness mean?

litheness means "the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple".

How many syllables are in litheness?

litheness has 3 syllables: li-the-ness. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for litheness?

Close synonyms include lissomeness, suppleness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is litheness a common word?

litheness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.