bony
adjective
of or like bone.
boniest
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superlativeof bony.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Any savvy politician knows to grab the boniest chunk of raccoon on the table since it will make for the best photo and have the least amount of meat.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2014
“The longest, boniest thing the nurses had ever seen.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Young Peggy blooms our boniest lass, Her blush is like the morning, The rosy dawn, the springing grass, With early gems adorning.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
When I was in the upmost bartizan we had one of the boniest prospects that could be.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
But the boniest flow'r on the banks of the Devon Was once a sweet bud on the braes of the Ayr.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
