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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Carboni is a lanky, left-footed forward with a clean touch, and more importantly, the blessing of Messi.
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Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
The lanky lefty limited the Yankees to one run over six innings and improved to 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three career starts against them.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
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.
—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
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Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
The lanky lefty limited the Yankees to one run over six innings and improved to 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three career starts against them.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
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.
—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
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“Lanky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lanky. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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