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adjective, bon·i·er, bon·i·est.of or like bone. full of bones. having prominent bones; big-boned. skinny; emaciated. Origin of bonyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, bony is from the Middle English word boni.See bone, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM bonybon·i·ness, nounWords nearby bonyBonus Eventus, bonus issue, bon vivant, bon voyage, bonxie, bony, bony ankylosis, bony bream, bony fish, bony labyrinth, Bonynge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bonyAnd lest we think models are just bony arms and pretty faces, they frequently assure us that they are really, truly intelligent. Miranda Kerr & Karlie Kloss Suffer From Model Denial|Lizzie Crocker|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST A pair of giant, bony fish—one 18 feet long—have washed up on California beaches this week. Fishy Mystery: Are Beached Oarfish Trying to Tell Us Something?|Kevin Bailey|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST It reminded him of the man who had a poor old lean, bony, spavined horse, with swelled legs. Did Abraham Lincoln Actually Say That Obama Quote?|James M. Cornelius|September 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST Some were explicit, with messages written on them like that bony girl in the T-shirt. Pro-Anorexia, Thinspirational Images on Pinterest: Threat of Self-Harm|Isabel Wilkinson|April 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He may not be gregarious but Petraeus wields a bony and ascetic charm which he combines with practical intelligence. Petraeus, a Master of Spin|Ellen Knickmeyer|June 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST Behind him straggled a bunch of bony cattle and some horses, herded by a girl and a small boy. The Eagle's Heart|Hamlin Garland I asked Meusnier if he knew any tall, bony old woman, and he sent me two, neither of whom suited me. My Double Life|Sarah Bernhardt His nose was thin and bony, with a high arch, and sharp at the end, like the beak of a bird. The rattle is situated at the end of the tail, and consists of several hard, dry, bony processes. The Desert World|Arthur Mangin She stopped her horse, and beckoned Eric over to her with the knobby handle of a faded and bony umbrella. Kilmeny of the Orchard|Lucy Maud Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for bony
adjective bonier or boniestresembling or consisting of bone or bones having many bones having prominent bonesbony cheeks thin or emaciateda bony old woman Derived forms of bonyboniness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bonyskeletal, skinny, scrawny, gaunt, emaciated, osseous, hard, ossified, anatomical, anorexic, lean, underweight Medical definitions for bony
adj.Of, relating to, resembling, or consisting of bone. Having an internal skeleton of bones. Having prominent or protruding bones. Lean; scrawny. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |