lankier; lankiest
: ungracefully tall and thin
Examples of lanky in a Sentence
the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking
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Goins, a tall lanky kid with really fluid strokes and great movement, really pushed Johns, staving off match point at least a half-dozen times before falling 4,9 and raising eyebrows.
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Celebrated in time for his distinctively lanky, almond-eyed interpretations of the human form, the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani died in 1920 at the age of just 35, tubercular and destitute and celebrated for very little indeed.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Sep. 2024
There was also a toweling robe at the front morphing into a trench at the back, and a crisp cotton shirt or lanky khakis which had been washed to look as though they’d been weathered by the sun and the sea.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
And though its co-lead Amitabh Bachchan was known pre-Sholay for his fighting chops, the film — and the way Bachchan used his lanky body to swiftly slice through space — cemented his legend as one of the deftest action heroes of all time.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Celebrated in time for his distinctively lanky, almond-eyed interpretations of the human form, the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani died in 1920 at the age of just 35, tubercular and destitute and celebrated for very little indeed.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Sep. 2024
There was also a toweling robe at the front morphing into a trench at the back, and a crisp cotton shirt or lanky khakis which had been washed to look as though they’d been weathered by the sun and the sea.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
And though its co-lead Amitabh Bachchan was known pre-Sholay for his fighting chops, the film — and the way Bachchan used his lanky body to swiftly slice through space — cemented his legend as one of the deftest action heroes of all time.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Lanky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lanky. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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