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(at-ten-you-waited) Slender, thin.
- Summer was coming again and this year I was determined to be attenuated before I tried on bikinis. |
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Attractive
- I saw the comely woman from across the room and couldn't keep my eyes off her. |
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Fat, fleshy
- She was so corpulent that she took up two plane seats. |
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A man whose style of dress is ostentatiously elegant or fashionable.
- The man came to the BBQ in a fancy suit and tie, and everyone called him Dandy Dan. |
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neat, trim, smart in dress or appearance.
- If you are going to be a news anchor, you'd better look dapper. |
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abnormally thin or wasted.
- When I visited Africa, I was shocked by the emaciated children running around the streets. |
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A dandy, someone who is excessively concerned with being fashionable.
- She was such a fop that she took out a second loan on her house so she could buy the latest Gucci shoes. |
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Dirty, untidy, neglected in appearance.
- I returned to the states as frowzy as a stray dog after traveling through Europe for three weeks. |
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Plain or unattractive in appearance.
- The farm girl, who had never seen a compact or mascara, was very homely when I first met her. |
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Awkwardly or ungracefully lean or long.
- "You won't be lanky all your life," The mother told her teenage son. "Soon you'll grow into your limbs." |
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(Pulk-Rit-Two-Din-Us) Beautiful
- The movie stars are always so pulchritudinous on the big screen, despite how unrealistic it is. |
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Tall and thin.
- Clint Eastwood, those cowboy types, tend to be rangy. |
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Round, plump.
- She was so rotund, I couldn't circle my arms around her. |
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(sar-tor-ial) Relating to clothing or tailors.
- All talk shows these days are sartorial. If you aren't wearing the latest, then you aren't worth talking about. |
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An untidy and slovenly woman.
- The woman in brothels are always so slattern. |
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Untidy, dirty.
- The girl cleaned her room once a year, washed her hair once a month and gained the nickname Slovenly Sarah. |
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(swan-yea) Meticulously dressed, well groomed.
- When I visited Paris, I was shocked how soignee all the women were. |
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Slender, willowy, elegant, graceful.
- Ballerina's are always so svelte, I admire them. |
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Dark-complexioned.
- My Mom loves men like Antonio Banderes, swarthy and sexy. |
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Untidy, having a neglected appearance.
- Sure, the freshman was a nerd, but did she have to be so unkempt? What a stereotype. |
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Unhealthily pale, of grayish, sickly color.
- As people age, they seem to get wan. And they have a putrid smell. |
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