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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 Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Margaret Ashmun

It leaped at one bound from the overcharged brain of our people—full statured in its stern defiance mailed in the triple panoply of truth.

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. DeLeon

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