lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.
a lanky youth, all arms and legs
gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.
a prisoner's gaunt face
rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.
a rawboned farmer
scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.
a scrawny chicken
skinny street urchins
Example Sentences
The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes.
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