lanky

lanky

adj \ˈlaŋ-kē\

lank·i·erlank·i·est

Definition of LANKY

: ungracefully tall and thin

— lank·i·ly \-kə-lē\ adverb

— lank·i·ness \-kē-nəs\ noun

Examples of LANKY

1. <the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking>

First Known Use of LANKY

circa 1818

Related to LANKY

Synonyms: gangling, gangly, 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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Rhymes with LANKY

cranky, hankie, skanky, Yankee