gauntlyadv.
/ˈɡɔːntli/, U.S. /ˈɡɔntli/, /ˈɡɑntli/ In a gaunt manner.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adverb] > thin
leanly1580
haggardly1693
gauntly1755
sparely1836
skeletonly1847
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1864 R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan I. i. xv. 122 I beheld a man about fifty years old, of moderate stature, gauntly bodied, and loosely built.
1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 888/1 One of them walked gauntly down to the post-office in the corner of the variety store.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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