slimly

1 5.0

Moving in a thin, graceful way

adverb
/ˈslɪmli/

: delgadamente

He's attractive, slimly built yet sturdy.

Examples

She walked slimly through the crowded hallway, making her way to the front of the room.
Slimly handsome with a graying, lie-down haircut and trimmed mustache for the look of a baseball manager once a pro player, Hedrick Thompson beat cancer.

Fiction book (2001)
The model posed slimly by the window, showcasing the elegance of her attire.
He held his body slimly as he navigated the narrow path along the cliff.

Synonyms

slenderly

vsslimly

1 4.1

In a thin graceful way

is simply thin or narrow without any graceful implication

Antonyms

thickly

8 1.3

In a dense way that forms a thick layer

How Thin

thinly

21 1.2

slimly

1 5.0

slenderly

1 4.1

Surface Forms

slimly positive

Morphology

slimly = slim (transparent) = slim + ly

Standard adverb formed from the adjective 'slim' with productive English suffix '-ly', so the meaning 'in a slim manner' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word slimly starts with slim ('thin' or 'narrow') and adds the ending -ly ('in a way'). So, to move or be slimly is to do it 'in a thin, light, or graceful way'.