skeletal
adjEtymology From skeleton + -al.
1
of, or relating to the skeleton
2
haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
3
barebones, lacking elaboration
- On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.1983 August 20, Penny Landau, “The Reality Around Us: Two Gay Plays”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 17:
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