Skeletal and Spare

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Skeletal adjective - Suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease.

Usage example: the stray kitten's skeletal body was pitiful to look at

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Spare and skeletal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead an adjective "Skeletal".

Nearby Word: skeleton

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

Usage example: a tall, spare man

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Skeletal and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Skeletal" instead an adjective "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

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