Crossword clues for leanness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leanness \Lean"ness\, n. [AS. hl[=ae]nnes.] The condition or quality of being lean.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English hlænnesse; see lean (adj.) + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being lean, without excess or fat.
WordNet
Usage examples of "leanness".
When this happened the policemen braced themselves together like turn- squat Buddhas, holding on to the bars with their huge muttony hands, that had no leanness in them, and butted back at Eugene with their huge soft-solid stomachs.
The humbugs were small, brown, bobtailed animals, built with spider leanness and very quick.
As a movie, it lacks the original's narrative leanness and raw energy, manifesting as more fashion show than adventure.
Tamme's leanness only served to delineate her muscular structure without at all detracting from her allure.
These men, taller than most Thibetans and clearly belonging to a stock but little investigated in the outside world, were of a skeletonic leanness which made one wonder whether the doctor had sought to symbolise in them the anatomical models of his college years.