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leanly

leanly adverb: in a lean way.

Adverb

leanly (comparative more leanly, superlative most leanly)

  1. In a lean way.
    • Faraj Hasab Khudhair, Iraq’s star wheelchair fencer, lost a leg below the knee to a mortar shell in 1986. Mr. Khudhair, a fit, leanly muscled 41-year-old, said he ventured out during United States airstrikes in his Diyala Bridge neighborhood of Baghdad to get to training sessions.2008 June 29, Andrew E. Kramer, “Athletes Disabled by Wars Lead Iraqi Team in World Games”, in New York Times

Forms of leanly

comparativemore leanly
superlativemost leanly

Origin of leanly

From lean + -ly.

Questions about leanly

What does leanly mean?
Leanly means in a lean way.
What part of speech is leanly?
Leanly is an adverb.

Words near leanly in the dictionary

  1. leaning tower illusion
  2. Leaning Tower of Pisa
  3. leaningly
  4. leanings
  5. leanish
  6. leanly
  7. Leann
  8. Leanna
  9. Leannah
  10. Leanne
  11. leanness

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