litheness
Dancer's fluid movement
Litheness is the quality of being lithe—supple, flexible, and graceful in movement.
The word suggests easy, fluid motion: the litheness of a dancer, a cat's natural litheness.
It implies both physical flexibility and an elegant economy of movement.
Capacity to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
stretchiness · give · springiness · pliantness · looseness · extensibility · range · joints
Refined, graceful quality
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- dancerOne who moves rhythmically
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- gazelleSwift, slender antelope
swan · sylphlike · willowy · svelte · airy · ethereal · delicacy · finesse
Ease of quick movement
- quicknessState of being fast
- sprynessLithe, energetic movement quality
- athleticismPhysical skill and agility
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
dexterity · reactivity · speed · reflexes · fleetness · swiftness · evasion · acrobatics
suppleness
Capacity to bend easily
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
bendability · stretchiness · give · springiness · pliantness · looseness · extensibility · range · joints · stretching
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
gazelle · swan · sylphlike · willowy · svelte · airy · ethereal · delicacy · finesse · sinuousness
nimbleness
Ease of quick movement
- quicknessState of being fast
- sprynessLithe, energetic movement quality
- athleticismPhysical skill and agility
coordination · dexterity · reactivity · speed · reflexes · fleetness · swiftness · evasion · acrobatics · gymnastics
- athleticismspeed, agility, strength, endurance, stamina
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired
- flexibilitystretch, elastic, bendy, stretchy, bendable
- physiquebuild, body type, figure, physique, somatotype
- gracegracefulness, elegance, poise, finesse, fluidity
lithenessrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · woodenness · rigidness · tenseness
lithenessclumsiness
Lack of physical grace
awkwardness · ungainliness · stiffness · gracelessness · lumbering
lithe, blithe, blithely, lithely, lithesome, lithest, blither