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Bony

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Definition

adjective: having a lot of bones or looking thin and bony

Synonyms & similar words

pinched wasted boneless osseous cadaverous skeletal haggard osteal emaciated boney gaunt skeletal thin gaunt emaciated skinny scrawny austere lean meager lank spare bare knobby bonelike osseous cadaverous haggard wasted shriveled skeletonlike

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