lithe
Slim but not skinny.
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.
Adaptable.
(obsolete) To become calm.
(obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
(obsolete) To attend; listen, hearken.
To listen to, hearken to.
(Scotland) Shelter.
(archaic, dialect, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire) To thicken (gravy, etc.)