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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The star of the team, a lanky, brooding kid named Nataanii (Kusem Goodwind), has recently lost his mother and his sister in a drunk-driving accident.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Shealy announces after taking a deep whiff - and the creature itself, tall, lanky and slightly auburn, bounding through the woods.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
And the idea of a taller, lankier Ellie for the five year time jump between games is not going to happen given that Bella Ramsey was not going to grow past 5’1.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
O’Rourke was a lanky, foulmouthed progressive, and became a celebrity overnight; documentary cameras followed him everywhere.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Shealy announces after taking a deep whiff - and the creature itself, tall, lanky and slightly auburn, bounding through the woods.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
And the idea of a taller, lankier Ellie for the five year time jump between games is not going to happen given that Bella Ramsey was not going to grow past 5’1.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
O’Rourke was a lanky, foulmouthed progressive, and became a celebrity overnight; documentary cameras followed him everywhere.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Lanky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lanky. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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