Definition of "leanness" []

• The property of being lean, without excess or fat. (noun)

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• "Every rib in the round body was discernible; yet the leanness was the healthful reduction so strained after in the palaestrae."
• "Compare "leanness," that is, wasting destruction (Isa 10: 16) [Maurer]."
• "However, despite this production's smooth scene-to-scene flow and relative "leanness", it, nevertheless, seems to beg for some scene trimming to get it reasonably below a three-hour evening."