English

leanly

From lean + -ly.

Formed from lean + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Proto-Germanic *hlināną ‘to lean, incline’

Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn ‘to lean’

Old English hleonian ‘to lean, recline, lie down, rest’

Middle English lenen ‘to lean’

English lean

Today it means

adv In a lean way.

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