Adjective

(er)

Thin; slim.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}

(Gaelic languages)  Palatalized.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(archaic) Like a lath; long and slender.

* {{quote-book, year=1854, author=William Harrison Ainsworth, title=The Lancashire Witches, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=In this way he was dragged out; and as he crept up the bank, with the wet pouring from his apparel, which now clung tightly to his lathy limbs, he was greeted by the jeers of Nicholas. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1911, author=Hamilton Drummond, title=The Justice of the King, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=And little lathy Charles with his long, narrow white face and obstinate chin, is no A B C of a boy. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Rudyard Kipling, title=A Diversity of Creatures, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage='Twas just a bit o' lathy old plank which Jim had throwed acrost the brook for his own conveniences. }}