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scrawnier

scrawnier is the comparative form of scrawny.

Meaning of scrawny

Adjective

scrawny (comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest)

  1. Thin, malnourished, and weak.
    • “Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 498

Questions about scrawnier

What is scrawnier the comparative form of?
Scrawnier is the comparative form of scrawny.

Words near scrawnier in the dictionary

  1. scrawm
  2. scrawmed
  3. scrawming
  4. scrawms
  5. scrawn
  6. scrawnier
  7. scrawniest
  8. scrawnily
  9. scrawniness
  10. scrawny
  11. scrawny drink of water

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