skeletal
/ˈskɛlətəl/
adjective
- Relating to or forming the skeleton of a body.
- Skeletal muscles are attached to bones and help with movement.
- The skeletal system includes all the bones in the human body.
- Doctors examined the skeletal remains found at the archaeological site.
- Very thin or emaciated, like a skeleton.
- After weeks without food, the stray cat looked skeletal.
- The patient's skeletal appearance worried the nurses.
- Years of illness had left him with a skeletal frame.
- Existing only in a basic, minimal, or outline form.
- The report was skeletal, lacking any real details or analysis.
- The company provided only a skeletal plan for the new project.
- We had a skeletal staff working over the holiday weekend.