Meaning of шчуплы | Babel Free

Definitions

skinny, meagre (having little flesh; lean; thin)

Examples

“Choć na ŭzhlad Taklusia pakazwajecca ščupłaju i błahoju, ale na ŭsim siale ličycca pieršaju rabotnicaju, wielmi zdatnaju da ŭsiakaj haspadarskaj sprawy.”

Even though Taklusia has a meagre and bad appearance, she is considered to be the best worker in the whole village, very skilled for any household chores.

“He was preëminently unbeautiful. Nature had been niggardly with him. He was a small man to begin with; and upon his meagre frame was deposited an even more strikingly meagre head. Its apex might be likened to a point.”

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