lithe

Mild; calm.

lithe weather

Slim but not skinny.

lithe body

The noise of their battle with Numa had drawn an excited horde of savages from the nearby village, and a moment after the lion’s death the two men were surrounded by lithe, ebon warriors, gesticulating and jabbering—a thousand questions that drowned each ventured reply.

Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

the elephant’s lithe trunk.

… she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …

Adaptable.

Yet the 2016 Éxilé rosé from Lise et Bertrand Jousset in the Loire Valley, made mostly of gamay, was yeasty let^([sic – meaning yet]) light and lithe, while the 2016 Indigeno from Ancarani in Emilia-Romagna, made of trebbiano, was taut and earthy.

To become calm.

To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

England.. hath now suppled, lithed and stretched their throats.

Give me also faith, Lord,.. to lithe, to form, and to accommodate my spirit and members.

To attend; listen, hearken.

To listen to, hearken to.