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Meanings of scrawniness in inglés

The bodily property of lacking flesh.

        The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality.

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              Examples for "scrubbiness"
              Examples for "scrubbiness"
              1
              I could feel it growing, and the first scrubbiness of it filled me with rage.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 30, 1917
              Usage of scrawniness in inglés
              1
              And the scrawniness of stem and blade suggested dehydration and poor soil.
              Storm Over Warlock
              2
              He had passed through slimness and skinniness, had traveled through scrawniness.
              The stand
              3
              His limbs were bony stalks that jutted out of his scrawniness in graceless angularity.
              Second Foundation
              4
              He was now poised on some metaphoric (or metabolic) fence between scrawniness and emaciation.
              The stand
              5
              Unlike Billy, though, who was thin to the point of scrawniness, Black Hawk was a solid mass of muscle.
              The Necromancer
              6
              "Yes, My Lady, I do." He spoke quickly, but his voice was deeper than his undeniable scrawniness might have suggested.
              Field of Dishonor
              Scrawniness through the time