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skeletally

adverb

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adv

Etymology: From skeletal + -ly.

  1. Pertaining to the skeleton.
  2. In a skeletal manner; like a skeleton.

    “A skeletally tall montagnard […], Amirouche had been a member of both the religious Ulema and, in Paris, of Messali's M.T.L.D.”

    “When I looked back at the table I saw Seamus Cummings, deeply tanned, skeletally thin, sitting on the opposite side a few seats away[.]”