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  • adjective comparative form of scrawny: more scrawny

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Examples

  • He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.

    The Scruffians Project: The Beast of Buskerville Hal Duncan 2010

  • Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.

    A Reminder Hal Duncan 2010

  • On closer inspection, Calvin saw that Nixon was definitely scrawnier, and had a few cuts on his head.

    Sunshine Loop Marcelle Heath 2011

  • He seemed even scrawnier compared to his attackers, who were fit, like they spent all day baling hay or something vigorous and outdoorsy like that.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • He looked thinner and scrawnier than ever, his head hung down.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • He looked thinner and scrawnier than ever, his head hung down.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

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