scrawnily
With thin limbs
In a scrawny manner—thin, bony, and undernourished-looking.
The word describes how someone or something appears gaunt or underfed: The stray cat crouched scrawnily in the alley, His arms hung scrawnily from the oversized shirt.
thinly
Lean from deprivation
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
- skeletalOf or like bones
- emaciatedAbnormally wasted from hunger
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
spindly · angular · wiry · gangly · rangy · stringy · lean · rawboned
weakly
Without vigor or power
- fraillyIn a weak manner
- shakilyIn trembling manner
- tremblinglyIn a shaking manner
- unsteadilyWithout firmness or stability
faintly · listlessly · languidly · delicately · tenuously · haltingly · falteringly
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
lanky · spindly · angular · wiry · gangly · rangy · stringy · lean · rawboned · underfed
feebly
Without vigor or power
- fraillyIn a weak manner
- shakilyIn trembling manner
- tremblinglyIn a shaking manner
unsteadily · faintly · listlessly · languidly · delicately · tenuously · haltingly · falteringly