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statured

American  
[stach-erd] / ˈstætʃ ərd /

adjective

  1. of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination).

    the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.


Etymology

Origin of statured

First recorded in 1600–10; stature + -ed 3


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Fish and Wildlife Service that small statured Mexican gray wolves are often mistaken for coyotes and that protecting coyotes would in turn cut down on wolf deaths.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

“They’re a similar style of players. Mason’s a big statured guy. He has a very good arm, has enough mobility, like Ben. I think that we have a good plan for both guys.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

Modestly statured, his physical presence was nonetheless overwhelming.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021

Lo, as I gaze, the statured man, Built up from yon large hand, appears; A type that nature wills to plan But once in all a people's years.

From The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President by Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline) Oldroyd

He was a short statured, dark complected man, his features betraying his Semitic background.

From Ultima Thule by Mack Reynolds

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