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All gangly synonyms

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adj gangly

  • gangling — to move awkwardly or ungracefully: A tall, stiff-jointed man gangled past.
  • 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.
  • rangy — (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
  • tall — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
  • skinny — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
  • leggy — having awkwardly long legs.
  • lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
  • spindling — spindle side.
  • thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • long-legged — having long legs
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