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Adjective: bony (bonier,boniest)  bow-nee
  1. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
    "emaciated bony hands"
    - cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
     
  2. Composed of or containing bone
    "bony tissue"
    - osseous, osteal
     
  3. Having bones especially many or prominent bones
    "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"
    - boney

Derived forms: bonier, boniest

See also: bone, boned, bonelike, boniness, lean, osteoid, strong-boned, thin

Antonym: boneless

Encyclopedia: Bony Bony, Aisne