Lanky [adjective]
Definition of Lanky:
tall and thin
Synonyms of Lanky:
● Rangy
● Gangly
● Spindly
● Gaunt
● Slender
● Scrawny
● Angular
● Beanpole
● Bony
● Gangling
● Lean
● Meager
● Rawboned
● Spare
● Stringy
● Twiggy
● Weedy
● Scraggy
● Stilt
Sentence/Example of Lanky:
The lanky young man approached Mary saying he wanted to dance with her “in the worst way.”
When you are 6-foot-4 and describe yourself as “lanky as hell,” a Zoom date might not be a bad way to meet someone for the first time.
He put on a soft wool cap and an old coat, seeking to camouflage his lanky 6-foot-4 frame.
Even Tim, so fine and big, had in this homely, lanky man a rival well worth watching.
My lean and lanky form filled out, and I became familiar with the greeting of my friends: “Why, how well you look!”
Weston I had always known as a lanky man, but about his loosely fitting garments there had been an air of careless distinction.
The officer in charge assigns me to a machine occupied by a lanky prisoner in stripes.
I was one of those long, lanky, loose-jointed girls Who fool people into believing They are willowy and psychic and mysterious.
Has lightish hair and pretty tall and lanky, and carrying a shiny black bag with him.
Her slim, rather lanky figure grew rounder and increased in gracefulness.