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  • adjective comparative form of swarthy: more swarthy

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Examples

  • The investigators found that men typically want women's faces to have feminine shape and feminine reflectance (such as plump lips and wide eyes), while women typically want men's faces to have masculine reflectance (such as swarthier skin) but a feminine shape.

    What makes a face appealing to the opposite sex? 2011

  • For those of you who have a preference for the swarthier sex, here is a small consolation: You're not alone, and your situation is improving.

    Vassar's Gender Gap Gradually Narrowing 2010

  • He was a bit swarthier, and he stared back at her before giving her a small smile.

    Thieves Like Us Starr Ambrose 2010

  • Olive skin is usually used to describe the colour of the swarthier Italians, Spaniards, Greeks, Turks, and Arabs, no?

    Why racial attitudes that helped Barack Obama will hurt Bobby Jindal. Ann Althouse 2009

  • The image was so murky that (to Villaraigosa's team, at least) it seemed an intentional effort to make the Mexican-American swarthier, to evoke (as they saw it) nebulous yet potent fears of dusky drug-addled immigrants menacing civilized society.

    A Brownout In Los Angeles 2007

  • Also, is it my imagination, or does Lott look “swarthier” than usual?

    Think Progress » Lott On Iraq: ‘Why Do Sunnis Kill Shiites? … They All Look The Same To Me’ 2006

  • I always imagine Mr Frog to look like a swarthier version of Richard Hammond the short one from Top Gear, am I anywhere near?

    locked out 2005

  • His companion was bigger and swarthier, possibly bringing their combined weight up to a Fulci and a quarter, or a Fulci and a half if Tony was abusing his diet pills.

    The Black Angel John Connolly 2005

  • At an unsheltered bus stop he waited among a small troop of Lanzhou citizens, the men a swarthier, more inured variety of Mao-jacketed laborers, and several uniformed and severe-looking office women who held white handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses to filter the smoggy air.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • At an unsheltered bus stop he waited among a small troop of Lanzhou citizens, the men a swarthier, more inured variety of Mao-jacketed laborers, and several uniformed and severe-looking office women who held white handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses to filter the smoggy air.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

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