Skeletally

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the skeleton.
  2. 2
    In a skeletal manner; like a skeleton.

    "A skeletally tall montagnard […], Amirouche had been a member of both the religious Ulema and, in Paris, of Messali's M.T.L.D."

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"A skeletally tall montagnard […], Amirouche had been a member of both the religious Ulema and, in Paris, of Messali's M.T.L.D."

Etymology

From skeletal + -ly.

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