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Meanings of slenderly in inglês

To a meager degree or in a meager manner.

In a slim or slender manner.

Usage of slenderly in inglês
1
Her shoulders and her hips had the same long, slenderly sloping curves.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
2
We are here but badly victualled, and furnished with mouth-harness very slenderly.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1
3
She was slenderly built, of middle height, and had a good figure.
The Visionary: Pictures From Nordland
4
Lord William Newbury was a man of sixty-five, tall and slenderly built.
The Coryston Family / A Novel
5
Mr. Drew is about five feet ten inches high, and slenderly made.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
6
Cannot I light on such a young, single, slenderly-provided woman as this?
Jane Talbot
7
This is a slenderly-built, somewhat untidy cup, placed in a bush or tree.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India
8
The lacy softness of her negligée fell away from her slenderly rounded throat.
Destiny
9
It wants circumstance and probability, and is slenderly provided with character.
Charles Lamb: A Memoir
10
The meadows dipped to a brook, slenderly spanned by a plank.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 2
11
He was about twenty-six years of age, tall and slenderly built.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
12
Like their grey-haired, scarred leader, all were slenderly formed and lithe of limb.
Joshua — Volume 5
13
Of the two slumbrous collies, one was slenderly graceful of outline; gold-and-white of hue.
Further Adventures of Lad
14
He was years younger than the Mayor of Casterbridge; fair, fresh, and slenderly handsome.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
15
The boy, who was but fourteen and rather slenderly built, looked up in surprise.
Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier
16
Carl was a slenderly-built boy, who generally followed his more energetic sister in everything.
The Visionary: Pictures From Nordland
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