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🌫️ Bleakly or grimly 🦴 Extremely thinly
gauntly

gauntly

7.7
In a very thin, bony way that looks tired
  • adverb
  • /ˈɡɔntli/
translation icon : demacradamente
  • After the prolonged illness, she looked at me gauntly, her once vibrant features now sunken and haggard.

Examples

  • He's a pale skinny Irish guy in his mid-thirties with a gauntly handsome face and discreet tattoos on both arms.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • He smiled gauntly, revealing the toll that years of hardship had taken on his body and spirit.

  • The actor appeared gauntly on the red carpet, his frail figure contrasting sharply with the glamour around him.

Synonyms

lankly
vsgauntly
8.2

In a long thin way that hangs limp

shows extreme thinness with bony face and tired look
lankily
vsgauntly
7.5

In a tall, thin way that moves awkwardly

shows extreme thinness and a visibly bony appearance
haggardly
vsgauntly
9.3

In a way that shows someone is very tired and worried

emphasizes severe thinness and bony features rather than only tiredness

Antonyms

healthily
8 2.2

In a way that helps your body and mind stay well

plumply
3.7

In a rounded, full way that looks soft

How Thin

gauntly
7.7

Surface Forms

gauntly positive

Morphology

gauntly = gaunt (transparent) = gaunt + ly

Direct adverbial formation from the adjective 'gaunt' meaning 'in a thin, haggard manner', which is straightforward for learners who know the adjective.

Etymology

Gauntly comes from the old word gaunt, meaning 'thin' or 'bony'. So if someone looks or moves gauntly, they seem very thin and tired.