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- [lang-kee]
- /ˈlæŋ ki/
- /ˈlæŋ.ki/
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- [lang-kee]
- /ˈlæŋ ki/
Definitions of lanky word
- adjective lanky ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man. 1
- noun lanky (of a person) ungracefully thin and tall. 1
- adjective lanky awkwardly tall and thin 1
- adjective lanky If you describe someone as lanky, you mean that they are tall and thin and move rather awkwardly. 0
- adjective lanky tall, thin, and loose-jointed 0
- adjective lanky tall and lean, or long and slender 0
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Origin of lanky
First appearance:
before 1660 One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1660-70; lank + -y1
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Parts of speech for Lanky
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lanky popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lanky
adj lanky
- rangy — (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- gangly — gangling.
- spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- gaunt — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- slender — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
adjective lanky
- long-legged — having long legs
- leggy — having awkwardly long legs.
- extenuated — Simple past tense and past participle of extenuate.
Antonyms for lanky
adj lanky
- chubby — A chubby person is rather fat.
- plump — direct; downright; blunt.
- squat — to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- thick — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
adjective lanky
- rotund — round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit.
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