clean-limbed

[ kleen-limd ]

adjective

1. having slender, well-proportioned arms and legs:

   a clean-limbed athlete.

clean-limbed

adjective

1. having well-proportioned limbs

Word History and Origins

Origin of clean-limbed¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

Now and then our crew of clean-limbed Tonga boys rested on their oars, with timid, limpid gaze turned askance.

From Project Gutenberg

The slimness of his waist was filled in so well that he looked no more than a well-grown, clean-limbed stripling of twenty.

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On the whole he was a very pleasant, agreeable-looking young man, tall and broad-shouldered, clean-limbed and athletic-looking.

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The natives of the Darling are a clean-limbed, well-conditioned race, generally speaking.

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But away outside the clearing was that little army of Hausas, clean-limbed, faithful, well drilled and armed.

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