bony
adjective
of or like bone.
bonier
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comparativeof bony.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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The introductory news release dubbed them simply “Beyond Fried Chicken,” and the accompanying photo depicted the not-nuggets in a paper bucket reminiscent of the receptacles that usually house the chain’s bonier offerings.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022
No, really: Unlike bonier fish, Greenland sharks lack distinctive growth rings for researchers to count like those in a tree.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2016
As modern-day sharks have fully cartilage skeletons, the fossil suggests they evolved from an earlier, bonier fish, transforming to a cartilage skeleton to make them lighter, more nimble and quicker through the water.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2015
Oedipus' puppet, blinded and bonier than ever, came back in time to disintegrate before the final curtain.
From Time Magazine Archive
His dad's a bigger, bonier, redder-eyed version of his son.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
