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- adverb In a
waifish manner.
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Examples
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But beyond the sheer spectacle of all that galvanic power coming from a waifishly slender young woman with a shaggy mane of model hair and club-kid threads, there are the more enduring qualities in evidence of a sharp musical mind and a poetic soul.
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Even smaller are the waifishly narrow spaces which, in order to accommodate the throngs, seem to have been trimmed of a generous six inches on either side.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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I believe it has been called "Boston-style," which I guess means it is neither morbidly obese nor is it waifishly anorexic.
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Even smaller are the waifishly narrow spaces which, in order to accommodate the throngs, seem to have been trimmed of a generous six inches on either side.
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I believe it has been called "Boston-style," which I guess means it is neither morbidly obese nor is it waifishly anorexic.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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Vincent recognized one of them, a comely and waifishly thin young woman, as the second-shift receptionist from his hotel.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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Vincent recognized one of them, a comely and waifishly thin young woman, as the second-shift receptionist from his hotel.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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Vincent recognized one of them, a comely and waifishly thin young woman, as the second-shift receptionist from his hotel.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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Vincent recognized one of them, a comely and waifishly thin young woman, as the second-shift receptionist from his hotel.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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Vincent recognized one of them, a comely and waifishly thin young woman, as the second-shift receptionist from his hotel.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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