Her face was thin and attenuated

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Marius Hancu - 07 May 2009 08:56 GMT

Hello:

How would you take "attenuated" here?

Is it "showing no relief, flat?"

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Like her legs, her face was thin and attenuated, the whole appearance
given the effect of a much simplified -- and somewhat self-conscious --
arrangement of lines and planes, such as might be found in an Old Master
drawing, Flemish or German perhaps, depicting some young and virginal saint;

A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 54
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Marius Hancu

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Cheryl - 07 May 2009 13:25 GMT

> Hello:
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> A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 54
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I would say "drawn out, lengthened", or "thin", but that's already there.

Cheryl

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Marius.Hancu@gmail.com - 07 May 2009 13:37 GMT

> > How would you take "attenuated" here?
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> I would say "drawn out, lengthened", or "thin", but that's already there.

Thank you both.
Marius Hancu

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John O'Flaherty - 07 May 2009 13:33 GMT

>Hello:
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>A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 54
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Not full, robust, forceful. It's somewhat redundant with "thin".

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James Hogg - 07 May 2009 17:53 GMT

>>Hello:
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>Not full, robust, forceful. It's somewhat redundant with "thin".

Yes, he's saying "thin and thinned".

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