rangier; rangiest
1
: able to range for considerable distances
2
a
: long-limbed and long-bodied
rangy cattle
b
: tall and slender
3
: having room for ranging
4
: having great scope
ranginess noun

Examples of rangy in a Sentence

we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university
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The rest of the core comprises Satou Sabally, a three-time All-Star forward with 3-point range, and Kahleah Copper, a rangy wing and four-time All-Star who won the 2021 WNBA Finals MVP with the Chicago Sky. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Within moments, the rangy 29-year-old actor Harris Dickinson bounds down an exterior staircase and shakes my hand. Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025 Anderson is a rare and rangy breed of cinematic maximalist—a satirical quasi-historian and pop-cultural magpie with a gift for weaving disparate influences into a marvellously unruly synthesis. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025 Most of the play’s first act involves navigating the dynamics of this extended family in the rangy family home. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rangy

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Time Traveler
The first known use of rangy was in 1868

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“Rangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rangy. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

rangy

adjective
rangier; rangiest
1
: having long limbs and a long body
rangy cattle
2
: tall and slender in body build
a rangy athlete
ranginess noun

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