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Synonyms & Antonyms for bony
Synonyms
fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelte, thin
Antonyms
chubby, corpulent, fat, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby
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Her face was bony and sharp, and her nar- row, dark eyes sat close together. — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE.com, "Get a First Look at Kobe Bryant's Upcoming Young Adult Novel Legacy and The Queen," 26 July 2019 What’s more, these new structures emerged when genes that help build nerve, bone, and skin tissue altered and became active in forming these bony protrusions, Qiu and colleagues report today in Science. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, "Cancer genes help deer antlers grow," 20 June 2019 Head trauma that shows signs of remodeling—the formation of callouses on longer bones, for instance, or bony bridges forming in the cranium—is a strong indication that the injury occurred antemortem, at least five to seven days before death. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Study concludes 33,000-year-old skull shows signs of blunt-force trauma," 6 July 2019 In Avimaia, Bailleul's team found medullary-like bony layers precisely where scientists would expect medullary bone to be, and the bone surfaces don't looked diseased. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "In a first, fossil bird found with unlaid egg," 20 Mar. 2019 The images captured part of the skull, including the area where the bony projections, called enthesophytes, form at the back of the head. — nola.com, "Horns are growing on young people’s skulls; researchers blame phone use," 22 June 2019 Alligator skin is covered in osteoderms, or bony plates similar to a turtle's shell, that act as bodily armor, alligator researcher Frank Mazzotti told CNN. — Scottie Andrew And Saeed Ahmed, CNN, "An alligator with a knife in its head just kept swimming," 14 June 2019 The images captured part of the skull, including the area where the bony projections, called enthesophytes, form at the back of the head. — Anchorage Daily News, "‘Horns’ are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.," 20 June 2019 The 2018 paper discussed an alarming prevalence of an enlarged external occipital protuberance (EOP), a bony projection off the back of the skull just above the neck, in young people. — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, "Cell Phones Are Probably Not Making Us Grow Horns," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bony.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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