gangly

adj gangly

• gawky — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
• lanky — ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
• awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
• spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
• bony — Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones.