gauntly
gauntly — adverb
1. so that someone looks very thin and bony, the way a person can appear when sick
so that someone looks very thin and bony, the way a person can appear when sick or without enough food.
After months in the hospital, Mauricio looked gauntly thin in his old shirt.
gauntly + adjective (gauntly thin)
Reuben stared gauntly at the empty soup pot after three days without food.
verb + gauntly (stared gauntly)
In the old photograph, Élise smiled gauntly, still weak from her long illness.
After the long march, the soldiers looked gauntly hollow and barely able to stand.
The rescue team found the lost hiker gauntly weak after a week alone.
- haggardly
stresses a tired, worn-out look more than thinness itself
- skeletally
emphasizes an extreme, bone-thin appearance
- emaciatedly
rare and clinical; points to severe wasting from starvation or disease
文法句型
gauntly + adjective
verb + gauntly
用法筆記
Most often modifies adjectives of thinness ('gauntly thin', 'gauntly hollow') or verbs of looking and standing; it carries a sense of illness or hunger, so it is rarely used of objects or of healthy slimness.