gangly

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈgæŋ.gli/

[edit] Adjective

gangly (comparative ganglier, superlative gangliest)

1. Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
   • 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It, chapter VII

     I should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't

   • 1917, Jack London, Michael, Brother of Jerry, chapter XV

     A rangy, gangly, Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.

   • 2007, Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation‎, page 34

     Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.

[edit] Synonyms

• (tall and thin): lanky

[edit] Related terms

• gangling

[edit] Translations