Lithe and Thin

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Lithe adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

Usage example: she has the lithe, sinewy body of a distance runner

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Thin and lithe are semantically related. in flexible topic. In some cases you can use "Thin" instead an adjective "Lithe".

Nearby Word: lithesome

Thin adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

Usage example: after her bout with pneumonia, she looked thinner

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Lithe and thin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lithe" instead an adjective "Thin".

Nearby Words: thinned, thinly, thinness, thinning

As such, this is somewhat of a Cyclic Trope alongside its thin and lithe inverse, changing from one to the other every 10 to 20 years or so.

Source: Real Women Have Curves
For example, when The Fallen is in the G1 universe, he looks blocky, and in the live action movie universe he looks more thin, lithe, and pointy.

Source: Involuntary Shapeshifter aka: Involuntary Shapeshifting
In the movies, not only is he thin, but in The Neverending Story 2, he's a lithe athletic swimmer.

Source: Adaptational Attractiveness

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