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Definition of "scrawniness" []

  • The property of being scrawny. (noun)

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Use "scrawniness" in a sentence
  • "At some point in the last decade, she became a vegan and the resulting scrawniness gave life to the rumors of surgical reduction."
  • "Chris Evans is quietly engaging as Steve Rogers, the physical weakling with the indomitable spirit—Steve's digitized scrawniness is spectacular too—who is scientifically transformed into Captain America, the supersoldier with the vibranium shield that absorbs all vibrations."
  • "Christ's scrawniness, and slumped head, hark back to austere 15th century examples by Donatello and Masaccio; his isolation, and the absence of other saints, accords with the Lutheran emphasis on Christ and his passion."