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gauntly

/ˈɡɔntli/ adv

In a gaunt manner.

Word Origin Gauntly comes from gaunt, a word of uncertain origin but possibly from Old French or Scandinavian, meaning 'lean, bony, haggard.' Add -ly and you get the adverb: doing something in a gaunt manner. The word itself has a stark, skeletal feel, like someone stretched thin.

adv In a gaunt manner.

The old tree stood gauntly against the winter sky.

(副词) 憔悴地；骨瘦如柴地

那棵老树在冬日的天空下枯瘦地矗立着。

(adverbio) De manera demacrada o flaca.

El viejo árbol se alzaba demacradamente contra el cielo invernal.

(adverbe) de manière émaciée; de manière décharnée [D'une manière émaciée et décharnée, avec une maigreur saisissante.]

Le vieux arbre se dressait, décharné, sur fond de ciel hivernal.

(Adverb) hager; ausgezehrt [Auf eine hagere, abgemagerte oder ausgemergelte Weise.]

Der alte Baum ragte **gauntly** in den Winterhimmel.

(副詞) やせ衰えて物寂しい様子で

老木が冬の空にやせ細って無言で立っていた。

(advérbio) magramente; esqueleticamente; descarnadamente [De maneira magra e descarnada.]

A velha árvore erguia-se esguia e descarnada contra o céu de inverno.

Synonyms: haggardly emaciatedly scrawnily skeletal bonyly angularly sparely lankly Antonyms: robustly healthily stoutly fleshy
Word parts: gaunt + ly

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