adj
(Now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.
adv
(chiefly obsolete) In a manner involving bending.
n
A method of accomplishing something primarily by means of strength, without the use of great skill, mechanical aids or thought.
adj
(informal) Cool or neat.
adj
(informal) Somewhat comfortable.
adj
(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
v
(obsolete) To look demurely.
adj
(dialectal) Snug; comfortable; in easy circumstances.
adj
Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
adj
Alternative form of fighting fit [(UK) Sufficiently fit to participate in fighting; hence, in top physical condition.]
adj
(chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
adj
(dated) Smooth or slippery.
n
(idiomatic) An amount that is difficult to finance.
adj
Clandestine; furtive; hideling.
v
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
adv
(rare) In the manner of one who is kneading.
adj
(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
adj
(UK dialectal, obsolete) Thin; faint.
adj
Alternative form of lish [(British dialect) active; nimble; lithe.]
adj
(archaic) Nimble or lively in walking or running; swift of foot.
adj
Limber; flexible (either physically or morally).
adj
(British dialect) active; nimble; lithe.
adj
(UK dialectal, Kent) Flexible; limber; bendsome.
adj
Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.
n
(Britain, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.
adj
Flexible, supple; also, agile, lithe.
adj
Characterised or marked by litheness; pliant, limber, nimble, lissome.
adj
Alternative form of loosish [Somewhat loose.]
adj
(obsolete) Having a smooth surface; slippery.
adj
(obsolete) soft; flexible
n
Alternative form of nimble will [A slender branching American grass (Muhlenbergia diffusa, now Muhlenbergia sylvatica or Muhlenbergia schreberi) of some repute for grazing purposes in the Mississippi valley.]
v
(figuratively) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
adj
Standing upright; firm.
adj
(obsolete) Having power; active; nimble.
adj
Like a rock; rigid, solid.
adv
In the manner of a saddle.
adj
(idiomatic) Extremely smooth
adj
Like size (weak glue or paste).
n
Shameful secrets (pluralia tantum; shortened from skeletons in the cupboard or skeletons in the closet).
adj
(dialectal, chiefly Northern England and Scotland) Alternative form of sly [Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.]
adj
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
adj
(Scotland) Specious, flattering; cunning.
n
(idiomatic) A person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent.
n
A tool used to make something smooth or even.
adj
(UK, dialect) sleek; smooth
v
(transitive) To make sleek or smooth.
adj
(of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
adj
Stripped of unnecessary features.
adj
(UK, dated) Spry, nimble.
adj
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
adj
(UK dialectal) Smooth and shining.
adj
(simile) Extremely smooth.
adj
Extremely smooth (in any sense).
n
Alternative spelling of smoothie [A smooth-talking person.]
n
(colloquial) A soft sound or part of a sound.
adj
(often nautical) Brisk and fresh.
v
(usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
adj
Alternative spelling of squeaky clean [Very clean.]
v
(obsolete or dialect) To stiffen.
n
(US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
adj
(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
adj
(now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
adj
Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.
adj
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
adj
(obsolete) nimble; fleet
adj
(slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
n
(informal) Something that is tough, or difficult.
adj
Obsolete form of trenchant. [(obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.]
n
(colloquial) An uptight person.
adj
(Gloucester dialect) Synonym of soft.
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