stalky

adjective

Definition of stalkynext
as in lanky

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Recent Examples of stalky Ruyombo, the silverback’s name, is stalky with short limbs. — Christina Liao, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026 Tribal youths worked with elders to harvest tule — a stalky plant native to California’s wetlands — and use it to build traditional boats. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalky
  1. lanky
  2. stringy
  3. spindly
  4. twiggy
  5. willowy
  6. reedy
  7. rangy
  8. wispy
Adjective
  • Six days after the Yankees' first 15 batters couldn't get a hit off Bennett, the lanky left-hander retired the Angels' first 13 batters before Vaughn Grissom's fifth-inning single.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Six days after the Yankees’ first 15 batters couldn’t get a hit off Bennett, the lanky left-hander retired the Angels’ first 13 batters before Vaughn Grissom’s fifth-inning single.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of lanky
Adjective
  • Among them is, naturally, the stringy bikini look, and Kylie Jenner appears more than happy to kick off the season while soaking in every second of her dreamy Kylie Cosmetics trip.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 4 June 2026
  • Everyone is bulbous, stringy, or malformed.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • These wonders can grow as strange, twisted bushes or as giant, spindly trees.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Oh no, Armand’s got his spindly roots in the band!
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of spindly
Adjective
  • Their twiggy legs and bony frames exposed in bathing suits, the kids do indeed look extra vulnerable within the film’s savage landscape.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 25 May 2026
  • Hummingbirds need the safety of shrubs and twiggy trees to perch on.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
Definition of twiggy
Adjective
  • Or gawky characters, all angular bone structures and willowy limbs?
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • Joint was comfortable with Williams’s pace, and stronger than her willowy frame suggested.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
Definition of willowy
Adjective
  • The prosecutor, Johann Frischman, laid out, in a reedy voice, the criminal complaint.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Among those acolytes is Lucien (Jérémy Gillet), a reedy, repressed young virgin who yearns to be part of the gay community but hasn’t the courage to come out to his domineering mother Christine (Elisabeth Wiener), who also just happens to be the country’s very right-wing health minister.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
Definition of reedy
Adjective
  • His register has the ability to do justice to Mercury’s legendary vocals, which were rangy yet specific.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of rangy
Adjective
  • With this capability, Rubin can reveal details of the cosmos across an enormous range of scales, from distant galaxies, to individual stars, to the wispy clouds of dust spread throughout our galaxy.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • While the look screams confidence with its crisp and clean cuts, the wispy and delicate ends that curl inward towards the jaw give a feminine touch.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 1 July 2026
Definition of wispy

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“Stalky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalky. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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