Lanky

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lanky \Lank"y\, a.
     Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful. --Thackeray.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. --The
                                                    Century.


     [1913 Webster] Lanner

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lanky
       adj 1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling
              teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight
              into a handsome young man" [syn: {gangling}, {gangly},
               {rangy}]
       2: ungracefully tall and thin [syn: {gangling}, {gangly}]
       [also: {lankiest}, {lankier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "lanky":
     angular, bony, colossal, flat, flat-chested, fleshless, gangling,
     gangly, gaunt, gawky, giant, gigantic, lank, lean, lean-fleshed,
     lean-looking, leggy, lengthy, long, long-legged, meager, rangy,
     rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, spare, spidery,
     spindling, spindly, statuesque, tall, thin, thin-bellied,
     thin-fleshed, twiggy, undersized, underweight