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skinnier

skinnier is the comparative form of skinny.

Meaning of skinny

Adjective

skinny (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest)

  1. (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
    • Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
  2. (informal) Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.
    • skinny flat white
  3. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
    • Let's take our clothes oft" and go swimming skinny.1972, Robert Woodruff Anderson, Solitaire: Double solitaire, page 53
  4. Tight-fitting.
    • skinny jeans
  5. Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).
    Synonyms:
    thin

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Questions about skinnier

What is skinnier the comparative form of?
Skinnier is the comparative form of skinny.

Words near skinnier in the dictionary

  1. skinnie
  2. skinnied
  3. skinnied down
  4. skinnied out
  5. skinnied up
  6. skinnier
  7. skinnies
  8. skinnies down
  9. skinnies out
  10. skinnies up
  11. skinniest

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