skinnyskin‧ny /ˈskɪni/ ●○○ adjective (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest) 
Some supermodels are far too skinny.► see thesaurus at thin2skinny trousers fit tightly all the way down the legs: skinny jeans3made with skimmed milk (=milk with all the fat and cream removed from it): a skinny latte
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- skinny little kids
- a skinny kid with glasses
- I was really skinny when I was a teenager.
- Jacob placed his arm around her skinny shoulders.
- By the time I'd recovered I was skinnier than ever, having been rationed to an orange a day.
- Even in a bulky warm-up suit, sitting hunched over the handlebars, she looks skinny.
- He had startlingly blue eyes and dark tumbling curls over his forehead; a narrow face; a skinny body.
- I would be a skinny person.
- They knew Amelia was too skinny to avoid the gas chamber.
- They strain every muscle as they pedal; their bodies glisten with sweat; all are skinny, some wasted.
- Think skinny asparagus spears with broccoli tops.
THESAURUSperson
having little fat on your body: · a tall, thin man
thin in an attractive way: · her slim figure· a slim woman in her fifties· Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women: · her long, slender legs· She is slender, with very fair hair.
thin and looking healthy and fit: · his lean body· He was lean and looked like a runner.
very thin in a way that is not attractive: · a skinny teenager· Your arms are so skinny!
written thin and delicate: · a small, slight girl with big eyes
very thin, small, and weak-looking: · a scrawny kid in blue jeans
below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin: · He had no appetite and remained underweight.
written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry: · He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat: · The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones: · The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating: · Her daughter is anorexic.· anorexic teenagers
Longman Language Activatorthin in a way that is not attractive · a skinny kid with glasses· I was really skinny when I was a teenager.· Jacob placed his arm around her skinny shoulders.
a person or animal that is bony is extremely thin, so that the shape of their bones can be seen: · Now that she was older, Jean's bony fingers and wrists were too small for her jewelry.· When I picked up the cat it felt as bony as a skeleton.· Kinsit, a naturally small woman with a thin, bony face, found gaining weight difficult.
small, thin, unattractive, and weak-looking, especially because your body has not grown enough: · Last time I saw him he was a scrawny kid in Levi's and a dirty T-shirt.· A few scrawny chickens were searching for scraps of food in the dry earth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES As soon as it got dark, we all went skinny-dipping.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1very thin, especially in a way that is unattractive: As soon as it got dark, we all went skinny-dipping.· The animals must not be diseased, too old or too skinny.· They knew Amelia was too skinny to avoid the gas chamber.· I was too skinny to wear the smallest weight belt.
NOUN· This was Olga - even to her skinny legs!· Her skinny legs and swollen ankles, covered with white stockings, rest unnaturally on the footrests of her chair.
· Here was this skinny man, unafraid, in the midst of all this danger.· I stopped, and the skinny man heard me and turned, Unmistakable.· He looked up, expecting to see the grey skinny man staring down at him from the steps.· A tall, skinny man, with a soft voice that sometimes strikes the court as coming from behind his left ear.· A skinny man who looked as if he didn't sleep nights.
Some supermodels are far too skinny.► see thesaurus at thin2skinny trousers fit tightly all the way down the legs: skinny jeans3made with skimmed milk (=milk with all the fat and cream removed from it): a skinny latte