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- adverb In a
skeletal manner - adverb With regard to the
skeleton
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Examples
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And I think most people would agree with me that the vast majority of women who are successful in the media industry are unnaturally, skeletally thin to the point of being statistical freaks as well as being eating disordered.
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009
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“Will alone kept my voice from cracking … Tall and skeletally thin, he seemed supported more by will than flesh.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Dead Man’s Hand’s Review Forum 2009
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Tall and skeletally thin he seemed supported more by will than flesh.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Dead Man’s Hand’s Review Forum 2009
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The friary has some great sculptural images, with a monk, a skeletally thin Christ, and a virgin Mary as some of the plaques and such embedded in the walls.
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The idea, Mr. Levinson explained, is to be sure the pitcher is "skeletally mature"—that his fingers are long enough to throw it and that his arm is ready for the additional strain.
Tutoring Trend Reaches the Mound Joshua Robinson 2011
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Pearl divided her time that winter between her daughter and her mother, pitifully weakened and skeletally thin in Zhenjiang, which was two hours away by train.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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Pearl divided her time that winter between her daughter and her mother, pitifully weakened and skeletally thin in Zhenjiang, which was two hours away by train.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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Manute Bol, who became a basketball sensation in the 1980s as a skeletally thin shot-blocking giant with the Washington Bullets and other professional teams, and who devoted his post-basketball life to improving the lot of his fellow natives of Sudan, died June 19 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
Manute Bol, former Washington Bullet and one of NBA's tallest players, dies at 47 2010
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Manute Bol, who became a basketball sensation in the 1980s as a skeletally thin shot-blocking giant with the Washington Bullets and other professional teams, and who devoted his post-basketball life to improving the lot of his fellow natives of Sudan, died June 19 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
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With skeletally mature spines, adults cannot expect to improve or stop their curves with bracing, though some use braces for pain relief.
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