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Definition of Clean-limbed
1. Adjective. Having well-proportioned limbs.
Similar to: Shapely
Definition of Clean-limbed
1. Adjective. (dated) Having a slender, athletic physical frame. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clean-limbed
Literary usage of Clean-limbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Usually of a horse —clean-limbed, well-shapen, light-limbed—the opposite of heavy-
timbered. I calls 'na breedy looking, dean-timbered sort of a horse. ..."
2. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1920)
"There he stood, clean-limbed, clean-faced, firm "on his feet, as promising a boy
as the sun ever shone on; and, looking at him, knowing all he knew and a ..."
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