stalky

adjective

Definition of stalkynext
as in lanky

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalky
  1. lanky
  2. stringy
  3. spindly
  4. willowy
  5. reedy
  6. rangy
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of lanky
Adjective
  • Field pumpkins have a watery, stringy and sometimes bitter taste.
    Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • One thing’s for certain: the future of materials science looks sticky, stringy and pretty spectacular.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of spindly
Adjective
  • Kidman, who’s nearly six feet tall, impossibly willowy, and the precise shade of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has never been an Everywoman.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of willowy
Adjective
  • Chalamet sulks and talks out of the side of his mouth, picking from a grab bag of accents that vary with each scene—all of which are far more reedy and cartoonish than Dylan actually sounded in his younger days.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
  • He was guided through the motions of the fry station by a reedy, goateed young man, an actual employee, who had been caught up in the candidate’s maudlin cosplay of worker solidarity.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of reedy
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of rangy
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