Definitions
Very thin or narrow.
Word origin
From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.
Used in a sentence
“Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender”
“skinny flat white”
flat white made with low-fat milk“...into the skinny chocolate milk?”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Very slender”6 letters
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