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wan

Main Entry: wan

Function: adjective

Inflected Form(s): wanner, wannest

Language: English

1 pallid : pálido
2 dim : tenue <wan light : luz tenue>
3 languid : lánguido <a wan smile : una sonrisa lánguida>

—wanly adverb

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