adjective
1. having bones especially many or prominent bones
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a bony shad fillet
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her bony wrist
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bony fish
• Syn: ↑bony
• Similar to: ↑bone, ↑boned, ↑bonelike, ↑strong-boned
2. being very thin
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a child with skinny freckled legs
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a long scrawny neck
• Syn: ↑scraggy, ↑scrawny, ↑skinny, ↑underweight, ↑weedy
• Derivationally related forms: ↑skinniness (for: ↑skinny), ↑scrawniness (for: ↑scrawny), ↑boniness, ↑scrag (for: ↑scraggy)
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variant of bony
Useful english dictionary. 2012.