leanness meaning
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leanness (noun): the quality of being meager.
leanness has 2 meanings in this dictionary.
leanness as a noun
- the quality of being meager
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes
Synonyms: meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity
Type of: insufficiency
Kinds: wateriness, abstemiousness, sparseness
Related forms: lean
- the property of having little body fat
Opposite: fatness
Type of: bodily property
Kinds: skinniness, bonyness, slenderness, wiriness
Related forms: lean
Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with LE · words ending in SS · 8-letter words
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