Meaning of LANKY
| Pronunciation: | | 'langkee
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- [adj] ungracefully tall and thin
- [adj] tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"
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| | Synonyms: | | gangling, gangly, lean, rangy, tall, thin |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lank"y\, a.
Somewhat lank. --Thackeray.
The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. --The
Century.
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| | Related Terms: | | angular, bony, colossal, flat, flat-chested, fleshless, gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, giant, gigantic, lank, lean, lean-fleshed, lean-looking, leggy, lengthy, long, long-legged, meager, rangy, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, spare, spidery, spindling, spindly, statuesque, tall, thin, thin-bellied, thin-fleshed, twiggy, undersized, underweight |
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