Synonyms for bony
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Of or like bone
skeletal, anatomical, osseous, ossified, formative, cartilaginous, horny, hard, osteal; see also structural.
Thin
emaciated, skinny, scrawny; see angular 2, thin 2.
See bony in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having little flesh or fat on the body:
angular, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat
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