clean-limbed

[ kleen-limd ]

adjective

1. having slender, well-proportioned arms and legs:

   a clean-limbed athlete.

clean-limbed

adjective

1. having well-proportioned limbs

Word History and Origins

Origin of clean-limbed¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

They saw her as unworthy of the formidable Mr. Spock, embodied by Nimoy with banked fire and clean-limbed grace.

From The New Yorker

Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their grey coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes were braided on their proud necks.

From Literature

Mirko's acrobatics act, which has the appealing narrative of a man dressing for work while simultaneously ascending a teetering pile of suitcases, is also clean-limbed and unfussy, athletic yet boyishly charming.

From The Guardian

The father, a strapping, clean-limbed Majorcan, fairly beamed with parental pride as he acknowledged the imputation.

From Project Gutenberg

As to being beautiful, it's not for me to say, but they're clean-limbed, healthy children, thank Heaven! and what more do you want?

From Project Gutenberg