Meaning
skeletal, bare, sketchy
- Relating to the skeleton.
- Extremely thin or emaciated in appearance.
- Reduced to the bare minimum; sparse, outline-like.
In a sentence
In inverno gli alberi mostrano rami spogli e scheletrici.
In winter the trees show bare and skeletal branches.
Il paziente era ridotto a uno stato scheletrico dopo la malattia.
The patient was reduced to an emaciated state after the illness.
La relazione presentava solo un resoconto scheletrico dei fatti principali.
The report presented only a bare outline of the main facts.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scheletrico | masculine · singular |
| scheletrica | feminine · singular |
| scheletrici | masculine · plural |
| scheletriche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- The masculine plural is 'scheletrici' (c becomes ci before -i).
- Metaphorically used to describe brief outlines, summaries, or trees stripped of leaves.