bony
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2.5
- adjective
- /ˈboʊni/
:
huesudo
- Sondra bent over and kissed, one by one, the bony vertebrae of my spine.
- bony shoulders
- bony prominences
You know how like my, my shoulders are so Bony.
- You know how like my, my shoulders are so Bony.
- His name Alonzo Quijana, a country Squire, no longer young, Bony and hollow faced eyes that burn with the fire of innovation.
- By adding shadow to already really lean Bony features, you're going to make yourself look very unwell, and chances are you don't want that.
- Long, smooth hip, curving quad, Bony knee.
- It's definitely green and it's Bony and it's it's gross.
Examples
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Wispy touch and weight of his arm, a thin bony arm resting with floating lightness on my chest.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sheila sits with her arms wrapped around her bony frame, listening to Gina's compulsive talk.
Academic text (1997) -
You have such bony knees.
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The priest was thin and bony, but he had a softness about him that was new.
Fiction book (1990) -
Snake Song Woman is tall and bony, darker far than anyone in Taiesha's family.
Fiction book (1992) -
Looking at Selam's bony face, it is hard to see the family resemblance between our two species.
Academic text (2007) -
The three of them look down at Jacob, their bony jaws in a perpetual smile.
Fiction book (1991) -
Max dozed a little in his chair, his bald and bony head nodding slightly.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then she stared at the bed, absent of Benoit, and remembered his bony form beside hers.
Fiction book (1990) -
The doctor commented on how the patient's bony fingers made it difficult to find a pulse.
Synonyms
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1.3
Very thin in a way that looks unhealthy
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4.2
Very thin and weak in a way that looks unhealthy
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3.1
Very thin and below a healthy weight for their age and height
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6.0
Very thin with bones showing under the skin
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5.4
Very thin and weak, with little muscle
Thin so you can see or feel the bones
Very thin and bony in a way that looks unhealthy
Relating to bone or made of bone
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A hollow part of the skull bone that holds and protects the inner ear
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bony can also mean very thin, with bones that are easy to see. It comes from bone plus -y, so you can remember it as 'having bones showing', which is why a bony person or animal looks thin and you can see their bones.