Limbed
[limd]
Definition
(adj.) having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination); 'strong-limbed' .
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Definition
(a.) Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.
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Examples
- Gerald, full-limbed and turgid with energy, stood unwilling to go, he was held by the presence of the other man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Apparently he had not aged a minute, but was still the straight, clean-limbed fighting-man of thirty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was a broadshouldered loose-limbed swarthy fellow of great strength, never in a hurry, and always slouching. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The fellow in the doorway was goodlooking and clean-limbed, his bearing was calm, he looked elegant, aristocratic. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was in person full-limbed and somewhat heavy; without ruddiness, as without pallor; and soft to the touch as a cloud. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Gudrun was very beautiful, passive, soft-skinned, soft-limbed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- D'Arnot saw a clean-limbed young giant emerge from the shadows into the firelight and come quickly toward him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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