lither Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite moving and bending with ease
    lissome; lithesome; sylphlike; lissom; slender; lithe; svelte; supple.

WordNet

Li"ther adjective
Etymology
AS. bad, wicked.
Definitions
  1. Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. Obs. Chaucer.
    Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.
    ✍ Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- Li"ther*ly, adv. Obs.. -- Li"ther*ness, n. Obs.

Webster 1913