[syn: gangling, gangly, lanky]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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,
lanky, rangy]
2: tall and thin [syn: gangling, gangly, lanky]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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