Meaning & use
Bony
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Having prominent bones, especially due to thinness; also used to describe something resembling or full of bones.
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His bony fingers gripped the railing tightly.
The fish was so bony that she gave up trying to eat it.
A note on using this word
"Bony" can describe both a person's thin physique and a food, like fish, that contains many small bones.
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