skeletally
In skeletal fashion
Skeletally means in a manner relating to the skeleton or bone structure: skeletally mature, skeletally intact.
It can describe extreme thinness, reduced to a skeleton-like state: The prisoners were skeletally thin.
The word also applies to frameworks or essential structures stripped of flesh or detail: a skeletally outlined plot.
Had coverings removed
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- bareLacking any covering
- starkSevere and unadorned
pared-down · gaunt · emaciated · thin · lean · spare · unadorned · reduced
Rigid internal support structure
- marrowSoft bone interior
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- femurUpper leg bone
tibia · ribs · skull · pelvis · cranium · clavicle · patella · radius
Underlying support system
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- chassisStructural support base
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
- frameSupporting outer structure
outline · infrastructure · underpinning · support · load-bearing · struts · bracing · lattice
stripped
Had coverings removed
stark · pared-down · gaunt · emaciated · thin · lean · spare · unadorned · reduced · essential
bones
Rigid internal support structure
femur · tibia · ribs · skull · pelvis · cranium · clavicle · patella · radius · ulna
framework
Underlying support system
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- chassisStructural support base
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
frame · outline · infrastructure · underpinning · support · load-bearing · struts · bracing · lattice · truss
skeletallyfully
To the complete extent
comprehensively · exhaustively · elaborately · thoroughly · completely
- skeletal remainsPreserved framework of deceased
- skeletal systemBody's bone structure
- skeletal anatomyBones and their arrangement
- skeletal muscleVoluntary movement tissue
- skeletal structureBones arranged as support
- skeletal frameworkBones forming body's frame