lanky

[US]/'læŋkɪ/
[UK]/'læŋki/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. excessively thin and ungracefully tall

Example Sentences

Tom was a lanky boy with long skinny legs.

She was transformed from a lanky adolescent into a willowy young woman.

In the not too distant future.When the pup had grown lanky and frolicsome—the wolf would return to the mountainside.

He was a lanky teenager with long limbs.

The lanky basketball player easily reached the hoop.

Her lanky frame made her a natural model.

The lanky cat stretched out lazily in the sun.

He had a lanky build that made him stand out in a crowd.

The lanky tree swayed in the wind.

She had a lanky stride that covered a lot of ground.

The lanky giraffe gracefully bent down to drink water.

Despite his lanky appearance, he was surprisingly strong.

The lanky palm trees swayed gently in the breeze.

Real-world Examples

It means they've got long limbs, lanky.

Source: English With Lucy (Bilingual Experience)

The last was lanky, less bulky, with untidy, bronze colored hair.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

But like a lanky teenager, she's not totally in control of it all just yet.

Source: "BBC Documentary: The Secret Life of Puppies"

Mr. Sherman was a lanky, lean old man, with stooping shoulders, a stringy neck, and blue-tinted glasses.

Source: The Sign of the Four

She looked curiously at this lanky man with his bony stooped shoulders, his pinkish hair and calm unwavering eyes.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Lovat was tall, lanky, outrageously handsome and romantic, with a castle towering above the river at Beauly, near Inverness.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

But if he's hairy, he's probably manly. Another expression, " lanky" . " Oh, he's tall and lanky."

Source: Engvid-Emma Course Collection

That would explain the lanky Negro's dollar.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 2)

A lanky Negro came out of a glassed-in office and looked the Chrysler over.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 2)

The lanky form was that of Physician Vilbert, who had been called in by Arabella.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

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