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lithely, adv.|ˈlaɪðlɪ|
[f. lithe a. + -ly2.]
†1. Gently, graciously, meekly, mildly. Obs.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xxi. 150 Hwilum liðelice to ðreatiᵹeanne. a1225Ancr. R. 428 Techeð ham to holden hore riulen..liðeliche þauh, & luueliche. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 259 Wel is riht þat we þe liðeliche lustnin.
2. With pliant movement; briskly, nimbly.
1813Hogg Queen's Wake 69 And quhen we cam to the Lommond height, Se lythlye we lychtid doune. 1854Fraser's Mag. L. 398 Your line springs lithely into the air, hookless, and of course fishless. |