Lithium is a silvery and very soft metal.
No, in comparison to the rest of the metals, lithium (as an alkali metal) would be called a soft metal. All the alkali metals could be cut with a knife, but still retain properties of metals.
soft, silver-white metal
The definition of Lithium is soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group.
Lithium is a metal with silvery appearance, with low density, soft and reactive.
Lithium is a soft, silvery metal with a metallic luster. Its streak color is white.
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lithium is the 1st second is shiny and caonductivity
Hard
Dry lithium is like a hard clay and it cuts easily with a knife (not like butter, but a little harder) and you could mold it nicely wearing gloves.
I suppose that lithium salts are not permitted today as additives in beverages.
All alkali metals are soft, silvery-white and react violently with both water and air: they include lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium and francium.