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Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid. / (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.

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flabby

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Source Word

flabby

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈflæb.i/

Adjective

of wine of writing usually

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid. / (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.

Japanese Meaning

触るとへたやかで、容易に動かされたり揺れたりする / 自重でたるみ、垂れ下がる状態 / しっかりしておらず、弛んでいる / 柔らかく、ふにゃふにゃしている / ワインにおいては、酸味が控えめで、軽い甘味を感じる

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The old armchair's cushions were flabby, collapsing under anyone who sat down.

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古い一人掛け椅子のクッションはふにゃふにゃしていて、座るとすぐにへたってしまった。

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Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

My attention was accidentally drawn to this aid, some five or six years ago, while attending a lady (multipara) in her confinement, who suffered from umbilical hernia, with large flabby abdomen.

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Sense（2）

(of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.

A flabby wine might be described as a wine in which nothing stands out.

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Sense（3）

(of writing, etc.) overwrought.

As you revise, focus on eliminating flabby expressions. This takes conscious effort. As one expert copyeditor observed, “Trim sentences, like trim bodies, usually require far more effort than flabby ones.

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