Lean and Weak

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Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

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Weak and lean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weak" instead an adjective "Lean".

Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

Weak adjective - Lacking bodily strength.

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Lean and weak are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lean" instead an adjective "Weak".

Nearby Words: weaken, weakness, weakly, weakening, weakling

Elliot had an awful tendency to lean on weak reeds, and then to blame them when they broke.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Pandora Hearts
Sense of humor...and yet, if two lean, mean, play-by-their-own-rules...motorcycle-riding men strolled up to this booth...and beat the shit out of us two humorous guys, right, and asked you out for a ride, you would be weak at the knees.

Source: All Girls Want Bad Boys
Also, being both quite lean (and Mefisto being an old man), they are relatively weak in hand to hand, something they tend to avoid.

Source: Comic Book / Tex Willer

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