gangly

gan·gly

adj \ˈgaŋ-glē\

gan·gli·ergan·gli·est

Definition of GANGLY

: gangling

Examples of GANGLY

1. <a gangly teenager who was born to play varsity basketball>

First Known Use of GANGLY

1872

Related to GANGLY

Synonyms: gangling, lanky, rangy, spindling, spindly

Related Words: angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny; lean, slender, slim, spare, thin; racy, reedy, spidery, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry; spindle-legged, spindle-shanked

Near Antonyms: beefy, bulky, chubby, chunky, heavyset, pudgy, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thick-bodied, thickset, weighty; muscle-bound; corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

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