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- [leg-ee]
- /ˈlɛg i/
- /ˈleɡ.i/
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- [leg-ee]
- /ˈlɛg i/
Definitions of leggy word
- adjective leggy having awkwardly long legs. 1
- adjective leggy having long, attractively shaped legs: a group of tanned, leggy swimmers. 1
- adjective leggy of, relating to, or characterized by showing the legs: a leggy stage show. 1
- adjective leggy (of plants) long and thin; spindly. 1
- noun leggy (of a woman) having attractively long legs. 1
- adjective leggy woman: with long, shapely legs 1
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Origin of leggy
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1780-90; leg + -y1
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Parts of speech for Leggy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
leggy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% 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 leggy
adj leggy
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- 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.
- gawky — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- lanky — ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
Antonyms for leggy
adj leggy
- chubby — A chubby person is rather fat.
- dumpy — short and stout; squat: a dumpy figure.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- thick — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
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