as in angular
having a prominent and often large or rugged bone structure
The cowboy was tall and rawboned.
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Recent Examples of rawboned
Mitsouko softened Chypre’s rawboned extremes, imparting a creamy peach glow to the whole.
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Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
Kirschling, a rawboned young man from Wisconsin, had written a master’s thesis at Columbia about long-term productivity decline in New York City’s mass transit.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 2 July 2018
Like so many in Lincoln Heights, this tiny, rawboned 89-year-old woman had lived through a time of gang violence, high crime and police oppression.
—Brittny Mejia, Joe Mozingo, www.latimes.com, 3 Apr. 2018
Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
Kirschling, a rawboned young man from Wisconsin, had written a master’s thesis at Columbia about long-term productivity decline in New York City’s mass transit.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 2 July 2018
Like so many in Lincoln Heights, this tiny, rawboned 89-year-old woman had lived through a time of gang violence, high crime and police oppression.
—Brittny Mejia, Joe Mozingo, www.latimes.com, 3 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rawboned
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After completing Slither Housing in 2000, an angular yet gently curved 105-unit apartment building in Japan’s Gifu prefecture, the husband-and-wife team increasingly turned its attentions to cultural architecture.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Key features: 8x magnification, 42mm objective lens diameter, 8.1-degree angular field of view, 17mm eye relief, 23.1 oz weight.—
Rich Owen,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Yet there have been many tall, slender prospects who played like tigers in the minors and like scared kittens against big-league pitching.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The slender piece of wood can serve as a useful tool—especially for puppies, who often chew on objects like sticks to soothe discomfort while teething, much like teething children are given hard objects to chew.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This measured approach mirrors the principles of lean philanthropy and agile business strategy, where organizations test, iterate, and adapt before expanding.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The district has a five-point lean to Republicans but incumbent Rep. Scott Perry won by just 5,100 votes.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Related Articles The courtyard outside the Polo Lounge was lit with heat lamps and scattered with waiters bearing trays of skinny margaritas, as well as red and white wine.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
WWD,
2 Mar. 2025
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Rolling green hills dotted with sprawling vineyards along a collection of long, skinny lakes is the backdrop that lures many to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.—
Lauren Breedlove,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Mar. 2025
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
16 Oct. 2024
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
3 Nov. 2023
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Crowds are also thin in the fall, and the mountain foliage views are breathtaking.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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Chinese smartphone company Honor has released devices that fold up to be nearly as thin as an iPhone.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Rawboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rawboned. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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