Gangly

Adjective

 * 1) Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
 * 2) * 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It, chapter VII
 * I should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't
 * 1) * 1917, Jack London, Michael, Brother of Jerry, chapter XV
 * A rangy, gangly, Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.
 * 1) * 2007, Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation‎, page 34
 * Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Related terms

 * gangling

Translations

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 * Norwegian: hengslete
 * Russian: долговязый

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