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scrawny
scraw·ny [ skráwnee ] (comparative scraw·ni·er, superlative scraw·ni·est)


adjective 
Definition:
 
very thin: unpleasantly or unhealthily thin and bony
[Mid-19th century. Variant of dialect scranny, origin ?]

scraw·ni·ly adverb
scraw·ni·ness noun

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See thin.
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