lanky
adjective being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed <the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking> 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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