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adj
name
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Meanings
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1
adj
Very thin, so that the bones can be seen or felt.
He held out a thin, bony hand.
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2
adj
Full of small bones, especially of fish.
This fish is delicious but very bony.
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Etymology
From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone + -y.
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