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slenderly
adverb
uk /ˈslen.də.li/ us /ˈslen.dɚ.li/
in a thin and delicate way that is often attractive:
She gazed at the slenderly flickering flame of the candle.
slenderly builtHe was slightly taller than she was, and was slenderly built.
formal
in a way that is small in amount or degree:
The narrative uses half a dozen slenderly linked stories to tell the tale.
She was only slenderly familiar with his work.
He was dark-haired and slenderly handsome.
In the field, a rather slenderly constructed platform was erected.
He left the town only slenderly guarded in his absence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
be as thin as a rakephrase
be skin and bone(s)idiom
ectomorph
ectomorphic
emaciated
emaciation
gauntly
hollow
lithe
raw-boned
scrawny
slender
slight
slimness
sparely
thinness
ultra-thin
wasted
wirily
wiry
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