Boney vs. Bony

Boneyadjective

alternative spelling of bony

Bonyadjective

resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

Boneyadjective

having bones especially many or prominent bones;

‘a bony shad fillet’; ‘her bony wrist’;

Bonyadjective

full of bones

Bonyadjective

with little flesh; skinny, thin

Bonyadjective

having prominent bones

Bonyadjective

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

Bonyadjective

Having large or prominent bones.

Bonyadjective

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;

‘emaciated bony hands’; ‘a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys’; ‘eyes were haggard and cavernous’; ‘small pinched faces’; ‘kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration’;

Bonyadjective

composed of or containing bone;

‘osseous tissue’;

Bonyadjective

having bones especially many or prominent bones;

‘a bony shad fillet’; ‘her bony wrist’;

Bonyadjective

of or like bone

‘the bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises’;

Bonyadjective

(of a fish eaten as food) having many bones.

Bonyadjective

(of a person or part of the body) so thin that the bones can be seen

‘he held up his bony fingers’;