leanness

Noun

Meaning

The condition or quality of being lean.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thinness scantiness poorness exiguity spareness meagreness meagerness scantness lack economy consumption poverty shortage severity deficiency
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Antonyms

fatness plumpness fat blubber opulence heaviness
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Hypernyms

deficiency insufficiency inadequacy bodily property

Hyponyms

maceration slimness emaciation thinness sparseness abstemiousness

Examples

You can train and train until you are blue in the face, but you've got to diet, you've got to have that leanness because if you are not lean, your abs won't show. Of course, the training has to be put in, but then you've to shed all the fat and keep the fat off. And that's how you get an eight pack. Henry Cavill

Leanness of body and soul may go together. John Owen

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul. William Ralph Inge

an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes Source: Internet

I hesitated, worried the earlier mix-up might indicate that the kitchen might not cook exactly to order, a proposition that could render the delicate kangaroo fillet overcooked and inedible due to the leanness of this meat. Source: Internet

We offered a membership plan and raised funds to dedicate the bookshelves we envisioned in a new space, while placing customer orders as often as possible to make up for their leanness in the current one. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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