lanky
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈlæŋki/
- With his lanky frame and awkward gait, he was often the target of teasing at school.
- lanky man
- tall and lanky
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- And so they become lanky and lean, right?
- They're kind of tall and lanky, but they're producing well, which is good.
- But I will say I have a thing for for it's all kind of lanky men.
- Y'all kind of look like y'all got the same like building like that tall, lanky, pointy nose.
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Examples
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The poor lanky kid who rose from the streets of Brooklyn to the Major Leagues.
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Eamon was tall and lanky, with an ever-present stubble staining his gaunt cheeks.
Fiction book (1998) -
Have you ever seen a human that lanky, Josh?
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And so they become lanky and lean, right?
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As Charlie walks by, FRED, a lanky customer in his late teens, is buying a book.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tall, lean, and lanky like her father, though without his muscles.
Fiction book (1998) -
I think he's the tall, lanky kid with anime eyes.
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After some moments, he reappeared, a pair of lanky boys in tow.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mr. Daisane is a lanky 29-year-old with an easy smile.
Academic text (2017) -
Tourists, apparently, looking admiringly at a disheveled, youngish man, lanky and a little underweight.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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6.1
Being tall and thin with long, awkward arms and legs
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7.4
Long, thin, and limp, often about hair or a person's body
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7.2
Tall and thin with long arms and legs
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5.9
Being tall and thin with long awkward arms and legs
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8.0
A tall thin person who moves awkwardly
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9.1
Having a very thin body with little fat or muscle and long arms and legs
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Etymology
Lanky comes from an old word lank that meant 'long'. So thinking of someone as 'long' helps remember that lanky describes a person who is tall and thin with long arms and legs.