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ROUND-SHOULDERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does round-shouldered mean?
• ROUND-SHOULDERED (adjective)
The adjective ROUND-SHOULDERED has 1 sense:
1. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
Familiarity information: ROUND-SHOULDERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ROUND-SHOULDERED (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
Synonyms:
crooked; hunched; round-backed; round-shouldered; stooped; stooping
Context example:
a little oldish misshapen stooping woman
Similar:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
Context examples
He was, now, a huge, strong fellow of six feet high, broad in proportion, and round-shouldered; but with a simpering boy's face and curly light hair that gave him quite a sheepish look.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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