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What is the adjective for skinniness?

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skinny
  1. (informal) thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
  2. (informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
  3. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I was fed just enough for me to survive, and I had therefore grown skinny and malnourished.”
      “Well, y'see, he's just a little skinny guy. If he was a big fat guy, then my magic potion would have taken a little longer to work.”
skinnyish
  1. (informal) Somewhat skinny.
skinnier
  1. comparative form of skinny: more skinny
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Now Alex observed that the third leg was much skinnier than the other two, like a tree branch or a cane.”
      “You're still good right now, but if you start to look skinnier, I will perform an intervention.”
      “The pretentiously named Bones was taller and skinnier, and he always carried brass knuckles in his pocket.”
skinniest
  1. superlative form of skinny: most skinny
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  3. Examples:
    1. “On the port side, fish swim in and out where hull plating has decayed, leaving ragged holes blocked to any but the skinniest of divers by upright hull ribs.”
      “They stretched up to their skinniest and highest, ears erect, stone-still branch wanabees, whenever I went into the courtyard to water and refill the bird bath.”
      “When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew.”
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