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clean-limbed

adj
/ˌkliːnˈlɪmd/UK/ˌklinˈlɪmd/US

Etymology

From clean (“shapely, well-proportioned”) + limbed (“having limbs of a specified kind or quality”, adjective).

  1. inherited from ilimed — “having limbs, limbed”
  2. compounded as clean-limbed — “clean + limbed”

Definitions

  1. Having a slender, athletic body

    Having a slender, athletic body; lithe.

    • He was big and clean-limbed and sinewy, with small cunning eyes, a resolute mouth and chin, and an air of perfect fearlessness. Roldan warmed to him, and looked with admiration and envy at the muscles on his splendid limbs.
    • He was one of those clean-cut and clean-limbed men that young girls like to dream about—frank, honest, and with a keen sense of humor—for a man.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA