gangly
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈɡæŋɡli/
:
desgarbado
- Like several of the other movie kids, Grant got cut loose at 22, too gangly for the teenage chorus line.
- gangly and tall
- gangly and awkward
- gangly kid
When our lives slow and we can hold all that we love, it sprawls in our laps like a gangly doll.
- When our lives slow and we can hold all that we love, it sprawls in our laps like a gangly doll.
- This tall, gangly blonde guy who gets up every day and gives this speech in a language we don't even understand.
- We are both tall and I think men with gangly.
Examples
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Skye, for her part, was tall, a late bloomer with long, gangly legs and arms.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her mother was relieved to find a decent and equally tall husband for her gangly daughter.
Fiction book (1993) -
My dear, I suspect you favor the gangly youth.
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The director grabbed back the papers from the gangly young man.
Fiction book (1991) -
-A young swan is awkward and gangly.
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His face was stuck in adolescence, the gangly, awkward kind.
Fiction book (1999) -
To my amazement, his tall, gangly frame was enfolded in a black cape.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's a tall, dark-haired, gangly, bespectacled kid, no more than 19 or 20.
Fiction book (2001) -
His clothes are a tad shabby, but well maintained, though they hang loosely on his gangly frame.
Fiction book (2001) -
The president was a gangly man who topped out at six feet four inches.
Synonyms
19
4.0
A person who is tall and thin with long arms and legs that look a little awkward
11
6.2
Long, thin, and looking weak, often said about plants or people
6
4.6
A person or animal with long legs compared to the rest of the body
4
7.3
Moving or looking awkward and clumsy
4
7.2
Tall and thin with long arms and legs
1
6.0
Very thin in a way that looks like a small branch
1
5.9
Being tall and thin with long awkward arms and legs
A tall thin person who moves awkwardly
Antonyms
How Gangly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gangly comes from an old word gang meaning 'to walk' plus the ending -ly. So gangly gives the image of someone who walks in long, loose steps, which is why it means tall and thin with awkward, long limbs.