leanly en · ADV
Etymology
From lean + -ly.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more leanly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most leanly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |