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   Skel·e·tal

   /ˈskeləd(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or functioning as a skeleton: "the skeletal remains of aquatic organisms"
   • ▪ very thin; emaciated: "a small, skeletal boy clothed in rags" Similar emaciatedvery thinas thin as a rakecadaverousskin-and-boneshollow-cheekedscrawnyscragglyskinnysize-zerobonyangularsticklikerawbonedlantern-jawedgaunthaggardwastedstarvedhalf-starvedundernourishedunderfedshrunkenwizenedfleshlessinformal:looking like a bag of bonesanorexicanorecticdated:spindle-shankedarchaic:starvelingOpposite fatobese
   • ▪ existing only in outline or as a framework of something: "a skeletal plot for a novel" Similar lacking in detailincompleteoutlineinadequateinsufficientfragmentarysketchypatchybittyscrappybroad-brushsuperficialperfunctorythumbnailOpposite detailedfullthorough

   Derivatives

   • 1. skeletally adverb

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