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lanky

[lang-kee]

adjective

lankier, lankiest 
  1. ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt.

    a very tall and lanky man.



lanky

/ ˈæŋɪ /

adjective

  1. tall, thin, and loose-jointed

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • lankily adverb
  • lankiness noun
  • ˈ԰쾱Ա noun
  • ˈ԰쾱 adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lanky1

First recorded in 1660–70; lank + -y 1
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A lanky, warm presence with a sociable smile, Turner-Seed is never far from a keenly observed thought or ambivalent feeling.

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He is this tall, lanky Australian man in his late 60s wearing dress shoes, a tie and a three-piece suit, his jet black hair slicked back.

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“I have one of those faces and I’m lanky,” he shrugs.

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But still, the already lanky right-hander looked concerningly skinny from the liquid-only diet he was forced to adopt in the wake of his surgery.

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“Come on in, Big Bill,” Lee told Walton before kidding him about the special chair he used to support his lanky frame on broadcasts.

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