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What is the adjective for leaner?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb lean which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

lean
  1. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
  2. (of meat) having little fat.
  3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
  4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
  5. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
  6. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
  7. Synonyms:
      8. sinewy, tough, unfatty, non-fatty, fibrous, stringy, firm, leathery, chewy, gristly, leather-like, ropy, hard, coriaceous, rubbery, wiry, cartilaginous, thin, skinny, slim, slender, rangy, spare, svelte, bony, scraggy, scrawny, sylphlike, emaciated, gangling, gaunt, lank, lanky, lissom, slight, willowy, angular, boney, fatless, gangly, lithe, spindly, trim, anorexic, pinched, skeletal, twiggy, beanpole … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “It was definitely home-made, full of lean meat that was laden with rich gravy.”
      “He was lean and supple, every bit as reptilian as birdlike.”
      “The casual observer of athletic events sees young, healthy individuals with lean and muscular bodies.”
leansome
  1. Characterised or marked by leanness; thin
leaner
  1. comparative form of lean: more lean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tougher, more sinewy, more unfatty, thinner, skinnier, slimmer, slenderer, rangier, sparer, svelter, bonier, scraggier, scrawnier, wirier, gaunter, lanker, lankier, lissomer, slighter, willowier, ganglier, lither, spindlier, trimmer, twiggier, stringier, more sylphlike, more emaciated, more gangling, more angular, more anorexic, more skeletal, more haggard, more wasted, more wizened, fitter, buffer, sportier, more athletic, more muscular, more jacked, more ripped, more shredded, meagerer, meagrer, meaner, scantier … more
leane
  1. Obsolete form of lean.
leany
  1. (obsolete) lean
leanest
  1. superlative form of lean: most lean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. toughest, most sinewy, most unfatty, thinnest, skinniest, slimmest, slenderest, rangiest, sparest, sveltest, boniest, scraggiest, scrawniest, wiriest, gauntest, lankest, lankiest, lissomest, slightest, willowiest, gangliest, lithest, spindliest, trimmest, twiggiest, stringiest, most sylphlike, most emaciated, most gangling, most angular, most anorexic, most skeletal, most haggard, most wasted, most wizened, fittest, buffest, sportiest, most athletic, most muscular, most jacked, most ripped, most shredded, meagerest, meagrest, meanest, scantiest … more
leaned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of lean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slanted, inclined, sloped, tilted, tipped, bent, bended, listed, list, canted, heeled, angled, careened, banked, pitched, biased, biassed, bowed, swayed, beetled, curved, declined, deflected, dipped, diverted, drifted, drooped, nodded, overhung, put, putten, rolled, sagged, sheered, sank, sunk, sunken, bent forward, bent over, turned, diverged, meandered, swang, swung, swungen, veered, winded … more
leaning
  1. present participle of lean
  2. Synonyms:
      3. love, appreciate, adore, dote, enjoy, fancy, like, admire, doting, find irresistible, prefer, venerate, adulate, care for, choose, feel deep affection for, be attracted to, be besotted with, be devoted to, be infatuated with, be keen on, be mad about, be nuts about, be partial to, be passionate about, be potty about, be smitten with, be wild about, care very much for, carry a torch for, esteem, feel affection, feel affection for, go for, have a pash on, hold very dear, overindulge, prize, be addicted to, be attached to, be captivated by, become infatuated with, become smitten with, be crazy about, be enamored of, be enchanted by, be fascinated with, be fond of, be hooked on, be in love with … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The leaning Tower of Pisa does not fall because its center of gravity has been carefully kept within its base.”
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