Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a slim manner; slenderly; thinly; sparsely; scantily: as, a slimly attended meeting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly.
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- adverb In a
slim manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a slim or slender manner
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Examples
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Whether layered over turtlenecks at Jill Stuart, slimly fit at Ruffian or drop-dead glamorous at Monique Lhuillier, dresses are shaping up in two distinct silhouettes: narrow sheaths or full-skirted.
Melissa Liebling-Goldberg: Days Of Wine And Roses Melissa Liebling-Goldberg 2012
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Whether layered over turtlenecks at Jill Stuart, slimly fit at Ruffian or drop-dead glamorous at Monique Lhuillier, dresses are shaping up in two distinct silhouettes: narrow sheaths or full-skirted.
Melissa Liebling-Goldberg: Days Of Wine And Roses Melissa Liebling-Goldberg 2012
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You probably can win that way, if slimly, but it will make the city worse by dividing it.
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One big PONZI scheme, another shell game run on the people of this country, you should be ashamed of yourselves, your beginning to look just as slimly and ridiculous as your Republican counterparts, and I'm sure that appeals to them just fine.
Talks break down, intra-party tension heats up for House Democrats 2009
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He was slimly built but had a coiled restiveness about him, like a spring waiting to stretch.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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He was slimly built but had a coiled restiveness about him, like a spring waiting to stretch.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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The bean has the fairly slimly sugary substance covering it in which it ferments overnight.
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The bean has the fairly slimly sugary substance covering it in which it ferments overnight.
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Many would be happy if the company pulled out of the slimly profitable newspaper business altogether.
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Ford Chief Financial Officer Lewis Booth said Ford expects this region to be slimly profitable for the next few years before it becomes a major profit contributor by the middle of the decade.
Ford Faces Headwinds in Europe, Asia Mike Ramsey 2011
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