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schlankerhand
- (dated) Synonym of kurzerhand
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 325:Aber er mußte die Frage mehrmals beantworten, eigentlich jeden zweiten Tag, obgleich er schließlich, eine gewisse Ungeduld in der Stimme, ein für allemal Bescheid zu geben versucht und gesagt hatte, seines Wissens stehe niemand vor der Abreise, so schlankerhand werde hier überhaupt ja nicht abgereist.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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