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Boney   /bˈoʊni/   Listen
Boney

adjective
1.
Having bones especially many or prominent bones.  Synonym: bony.  "Her bony wrist" , "Bony fish"
2.
Being very thin.  Synonyms: scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy.  "A long scrawny neck"





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"Boney" Quotes from Famous Books



... with his boney, high-jointed nose and narrow jaw, thrust out, incongruously fierce, under his calm, clean upper lip, shaved to show how beautiful it was. His black blue eyes were set as carefully in their lids as a woman's. He wore his hair rather long. One ...
— Mary Olivier: A Life • May Sinclair


Words linked to "Boney" :   bonelike, thin, underweight, boniness, lean, boned, strong-boned, boneless, bone


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