Meaning & use
skeletal
Relating to a skeleton, or extremely thin, or reduced to only the most basic essential parts.
See it in a sentence
The doctor ordered a skeletal scan to check for fractures after the fall.
The company presented only a skeletal outline of its plan, leaving most details undecided.
A note on using this word
Figuratively describes something reduced to bare essentials, as in a "skeletal staff" or "skeletal plot."
Words with a similar meaning
bonybasic
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Words with an opposite meaning
completefleshed-out
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