or bon·ey adj., -i·er or -ey·er, -i·est or -ey·est.

1. Of, relating to, resembling, or consisting of bone.
2. Having an internal skeleton of bones.
3. Full of bones: a bony fillet of fish.
4. 1. Having prominent or protruding bones: a bony wrist.
   2. Lean; scrawny.

boniness bon'i·ness n.

adjective

Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.

adj

Definition: angular, gaunt
Antonyms: plump

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Having bones especially many or prominent bones; Composed of or containing bone adj. - Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

Tutor's tip: The "bonny" (beautiful) child was no longer "bony" (lean, scrawny).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - benet, knoklet

Nederlands (Dutch)
knokig, beenachtig, tenger, met graat

Français (French)
adj. - (Anat) osseux, (fig) anguleux, maigre, décharné, plein d'arêtes (un poisson), plein d'os (une viande)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - beinern, hager, grätig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οστεώδης, κοκαλιάρης/-ικος, κοκάλινος, πυκνοκόκαλος

Italiano (Italian)
ossuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ósseo, esquelético

Русский (Russian)
костяной, костлявый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - flaco, delgado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - benig, med grov benbyggnad, bara skinn o ben

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
如骨的, 瘦骨嶙峋的, 多骨的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 如骨的, 瘦骨嶙峋的, 多骨的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뼈의, 여윈, 딱딱한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 骨の, 骨のような, 骨の多い, 骨ばった, 骨質の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نحيف, كثير العظام, عظمي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כחוש, גרמי, מלא עצמות‬

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