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Meaning of bony in English
Pronunciation
/ˈboʊni/
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Classifying Adjective
bony
Definitions
1.
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Examples
« emaciated bony hands »
« a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys »
« eyes were haggard and cavernous »
« small pinched faces »
« kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration »
Synonyms
thin
lean
Qualitative Adjective
bony
Definitions
1.
composed of or containing bone
Examples
« osseous tissue »
2.
having bones especially many or prominent bones
Examples
« a bony shad fillet »
« her bony wrist »
Synonyms
bone
boned
bonelike
strong-boned
Antonyms
boneless