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slimly

slimly

5.0
Moving in a thin, graceful way
  • adverb
  • /ˈslɪmli/
translation icon : 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
4.1

In a thin graceful way

is simply thin or narrow without any graceful implication

Antonyms

thickly
7 1.3

In a dense way that forms a thick layer

How Thin

thinly
24 1.2
slimly
5.0
slenderly
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'.