bony meaning and definition

BONY adjective

Definition of bony (adjective)

1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
   • "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
   • synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
2. composed of or containing bone
   • "osseous tissue"
   • synonyms: osseous, osteal
3. having bones especially many or prominent bones
   • "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"
   • synonyms: boney
   • antonym: boneless