slenderly
/ˈslɛndərli/
adverb
- In a thin or gracefully slim way.
- The young tree grew slenderly upward, reaching for the sunlight.
- The model walked slenderly down the runway, her dress flowing behind her.
- She was built slenderly, with long arms and legs that made her look taller.
- In a way that is small in amount or degree; barely or scarcely.
- The budget was slenderly funded, leaving no room for extras.
- The evidence was slenderly supported by facts, so the case fell apart.
- They lived slenderly on what little they could grow in the dry soil.
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