clean-limbed

/'kli:n'limd/

Thân thiện

A young athlete stands clean-limbed and ready at the starting line.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having well-proportioned limbs: Describes a person, typically, whose arms and legs are attractively and harmoniously shaped in relation to their body.

Usage

• The adjective clean-limbed is used almost exclusively to describe the physical build of a person, implying an athletic, graceful, or aesthetically pleasing physique. It is a somewhat literary or formal term.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe something that has a sleek, elegant, or uncluttered design, though this is less common.
  • The new sports car had a clean-limbed design that suggested both speed and grace.

Variants and Related Words

• Well-proportioned (adj): Having parts that relate in size to each other in a pleasing way.
• Graceful (adj): Having or showing grace or elegance in movement or form.
• Athletic (adj): Physically strong, fit, and active; having a muscular and well-proportioned body.

Synonyms

• Well-built
• Symmetrical
• Shapely

Antonyms

• Ill-proportioned
• Ungainly
• Awkward

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having well-proportioned limbs