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Meanings of slimly in English

In a slim or slender manner.

Usage of slimly in English
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The women were slimly elegant in tailor suits and furs.
Fanny Herself
2
He was slimly built, scarcely the average height, and not prone to many words.
A Lover in Homespun / And Other Stories
3
He darted through the trees and paused, a tall man strongly but slimly made.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
4
Such barricades as had been built were very slimly defended, and with no enthusiasm.
France in the Nineteenth Century
5
She was also frail, the antithesis of Honor's slimly solid, broad shouldered, well muscled physique.
War Of Honor
6
She sprang to her feet and stood slimly erect.
Red-Robin
7
These, it is true, are but slimly represented.
Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
8
Mrs. O'Sullivan tottered around in mules, dressed slimly in black to match her jet black hair.
The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
9
The minstrels that night were slimly attended.
Watch Yourself Go By
10
He was tall and slimly built, with a back like a board and a neatly clipped mustache.
The Centauri Device
11
Lee had been forced to withdraw Longstreet from north of Richmond, leaving his lines there very slimly defended.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
12
He was a short, slimly-built man, of middle age, with a grave, severe expression, indicating an unsociable disposition.
Russia
13
Amber was cut in the same mold-evenheavily pregnant as she was now, her features were delicate, her arms slimly fragile.
Burning up
14
He was slimly-built, even on the gaunt side, for every rib showed and there was a troubled darkness around his eyes.
Mister Slaughter
15
He was a man a little above medium height, slimly built, with a breadth of shoulder which was suggestive of the athlete.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
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Slowly at last I lifted the blue muslin, twenty-three-inch waist shroud and let it slip over my head and fall slimly around me.
The Melting of Molly
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