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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1586 having the shoulders stooping or rounded

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Round-shouldered Round"-shoul`dered, a. Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone is round-shouldered, they bend forward when they sit or stand, and their shoulders are curved rather than straight. Cissie was round-shouldered and dumpy. ADJ [disapproval]





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