bony

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From the raveling ends of his short sleeves were thrust out arms that matched the legs--bony, skinny arms, pallid as to color, and with hardly any more shape to them than there was to the poker of the cookstove.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, resembling, or consisting of bone.
  2. adjective Having an internal skeleton of bones.
  3. adjective Full of bones: a bony fillet of fish.
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  • Her face was long and angular, junkie-bony, and her skin was the color of light coffee, bringing out the jarring green of her eyes. —  Scottoline, Lisa - Mistaken Identity
  • SEIZED THE hanging man was big, bony, and his skin was not red alone because of his hanging there, for his complexion was the hearty one of the outdoors. —  048 - The Derrick Devil
  • The old woman's hand was gnarled and bony, the knuckles misshapen. —  ABC Amber LIT Converter
  • Her fingers were bony, their skin as pale and stretched as that of her face. —  muller 10 fixed
  • My hands are long and bony, and despite Teeg's remarks about "soft white persons," my musculature is well-developed and I am strong for my size. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 06 - June 1995
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skinny ·  lean ·  gaunt ·  hairy ·  fleshy ·  angular ·  gnarled ·  sinewy ·  wiry ·  thin ·  scaly ·  shapely
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