Lean and Very thin

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Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

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Very thin and lean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very thin" instead an adjective "Lean".

Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

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Lean and very thin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lean" instead an adjective phrase "Very thin".

Lean and Mean: Klem isn't a villain, but she's very thin and also very abrasive and dark-humoured.

Source: Comic Book / The Fuse
In Mother Goose nursery rhymes, there's Jack Sprat and his wifenote Jack Sprat could eat no fat/His wife could eat no lean.... Jack is usually depicted as small and very thin, while his wife is not only One Head Taller but three or four times wider than him.

Source: Tiny Guy, Huge Girl

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