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  • adverb In a waifish manner.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Two views of Yuja Wang: In performance... 2010

  • 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

  • I believe it has been called "Boston-style," which I guess means it is neither morbidly obese nor is it waifishly anorexic.

    Wildflour Pizza - Boston is Big-Boned 2006

  • 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.

    (Robata) Grills Gone Wild - Shin Sen Gumi 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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