rangy

adjective

ˈrān-jē How to pronounce rangy (audio)
Definition of rangynext
1
as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team

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2
as in broad
having considerable extent a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university

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Recent Examples of rangy Wideman, one of our more prolific and fascinating novelists, wrote a rangy memoir of his own court time back in 2003. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 Fonseca’s power came to the fore as the game neared its conclusion with the rangy Brazilian’s serves becoming more and more dominant. — Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 The community’s letters are rangy—friendly, philosophical, paranoid, flirtatious. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 The Carolina Panthers knew that Chris Brazzell was going to be sure-handed and rangy and fast when the team selected him in the third round of the draft last month. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for rangy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rangy
  1. gaunt
  2. broad
  3. lanky
  4. wide
  5. skinny
  6. extensive
  7. spindly
  8. sweeping
Adjective
  • The church’s punishment, however, delivered in front of the congregants, is an eerie ritual performed by a gaunt, severe visitor (Nicholas Hope).
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of gaunt
Adjective
  • The broader Great American AI Act seeks one federal baseline, while antitrust and chatbot bills target risk-sharing, labeling and consumer deception.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The big retailers have also struggled in the past to capture a broader slice of the healthcare pie.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of broad
Adjective
  • Also try trimming back the lanky shoots a few inches to encourage new growths with blooms.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
  • The lanky 26-year-old ascended the Astros’ pitching hierarchy as a starting pitcher but has blossomed into a swingman in Houston’s bullpen during his first full major-league season.
    — The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of lanky
Adjective
  • The move has drawn a wide range of responses in Northern California.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • This pillow has a wide and long design for full coverage of your back.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of wide
Adjective
  • Work used to be a fat hamburger with skinny buns, as the meat of the work was the actual doing of the task.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • However, with 1990s nostalgia fueling the return of matte minimalism in makeup, skinny brows aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 July 2026
Definition of skinny
Adjective
  • Leading firms are actively recruiting professionals with extensive client-side experience to enhance service delivery.
    — Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Burke’s lawyers sought to expose weaknesses in the prosecution’s case, questioning why investigators had not conducted more extensive testing, including DNA analysis, on certain items found in Burke’s home or on the exterior of his Tesla.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Definition of extensive
Adjective
  • Across this paradise the finch-like honeycreeper flits, feeding off the red spindly flowers of the evergreen ‘ōhi‘a lehua tree.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Too few nutrients, or not enough fertilizer, for petunias looks like leggy, spindly growth, pale color, few or no blooms, and slow growth.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
Definition of spindly
Adjective
  • Enterprise Mobility offers a sweeping sustainability program, including a carbon offset option that allows customers to purchase carbon credits from third-party partner Terrapass at the time of rental.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • China has now codified that drive in a sweeping new ethnic unity law, which came into force July 1.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of sweeping

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