as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed
a gangly teenager who was born to play varsity basketball
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Recent Examples of gangly
Eventually, the group’s number is reduced to one: a gangly, smart-mouthed junior named Angus Tully, played by newcomer Dominic Sessa in an exceptionally impressive debut.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
The gangly wood stork, with its long legs and bald head, is none of those.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
In ostriches — which weigh more than 200 pounds and speed through the savanna on their gangly legs at speeds of up to 30 mph — this is not an issue.
—Luke Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
The gangly wood stork, with its long legs and bald head, is none of those.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
In ostriches — which weigh more than 200 pounds and speed through the savanna on their gangly legs at speeds of up to 30 mph — this is not an issue.
—Luke Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangly
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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The hostages appeared gaunt in the disturbing black-and-white footage.Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
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Staff Pick: The weird and wacky treasures at HomeGoods Jeff Greenberg / Universal Images Group via Getty Images A lanky horse statue.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Carboni is a lanky, left-footed forward with a clean touch, and more importantly, the blessing of Messi.Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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Paige Gemma Skinny Jean Steal Swift’s gameday style with these faux leather skinny jeans from Paige.Averi Baudler, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Loose-fitting denim tends to be more comfortable to wear than tight skinny jeans.Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ringed by mountains and a bald expanse of Arizona desert, red and yellow cranes cast spindly shadows over the cubic skeletons of what will become multistory buildings.Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
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Try a bottle of La Tomato ($19.95, though quite a bit more with shipping), from the Japanese distillery Godo Shusei Co, an ice-clear concoction made with fresh tomato juice; its vegetal sweetness will sing when poured into spindly, garden-green cordial glasses from Ferm Living ($69 for four).Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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Georgia did add big Colbie Young from Miami and London Humphreys, a rangy sophomore from Vanderbilt, to boost the corps and help out Dominic Lovett and Dillon Bell.Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Buddy Hield, who led the Warriors in scoring in their first two games, struggled to create separation against the Clippers’ stockpile of rangy wings.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Conventional toy cars used thin, rigid steel axles and rubber tires.George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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There’s never been a better long-form tool for exploring complex ideas than these rectangular objects made of thin wood slices (or imaginary bleeps and bloops on a Kindle).Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
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“Gangly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangly. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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