leanness n 1: the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn: {meagerness}, {meagreness}, {leanness}, {poorness}, {scantiness}, {scantness}, {exiguity}] 2: the property of having little body fat [syn: {leanness}, {thinness}, {spareness}] [ant: {avoirdupois}, {blubber}, {fat}, {fatness}]
Leanness \Lean"ness\, n. [AS. hl[=ae]nnes.] The condition or quality of being lean. [1913 Webster]