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scrawny <-ier, -iest> [ˈskrɑːni, Brit ˈskrɔː-] ADJ

scrawny

esquelético(-a)

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The word "skral" connotes thin or scrawny. en.wikipedia.org

They robe their scrawny bodies in tattered garments of ashen gray or sooty black. en.wikipedia.org

Scrawny and angular in repose, it becomes supple and expressive when the music sways. www.counterpunch.org

By contemporary standards, the grass-fed cattle are rather scrawny, as fattening them up on corn had not become general practice. en.wikipedia.org

I was the thin, scrawny little guy. en.wikipedia.org

If he has little energy, he takes the appearance of a somewhat scrawny teenage boy. en.wikipedia.org

Scrawny, nerdy, acerbic wit, great disco-dancer. en.wikipedia.org

The music on this record contains scrawny guitars, electronic noise, and distorted samples and keyboards. en.wikipedia.org

But earlier encounters had been largely with poorly armed merchant ships, scrawny pirates and isolated squads, targets a single, well-armed fighting caravel could see off without much difficulty. en.wikipedia.org

He is forty-five, a scrawny and weak man, with a nasty mouth. en.wikipedia.org

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