Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lanky
IPA transcription: [l'æŋki]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy
    Meaning: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"
  • Synonyms: gangling, gangly, lanky
    Meaning: tall and thin
Usage examples
  • But his spirit was made up of all their good points; and no braver ever lived in any healthy body than in his own sickly, lanky six foot three.
  • It is only like this that their value as outdoor plants can be tested; for many of the show sorts have miserably weak stalks, and a very poor, lanky habit of growth.
  • So, one hot day in July 1740, the lanky, red-haired boy of thirteen-and-a-half took his seat on the Portsmouth coach beside his father, the veteran soldier of fifty-five.