English
Etymology
From lank + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lanky (comparative lankier, superlative lankiest)
- (informal) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
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Derived terms
Translations
tall, slim
- Bikol Central: wakoy-wakoy
- Cebuano: balaghoy, gangkaw, lagsaw, mantiw, tikling, waklay, yagkaw
- Dutch: dun (nl), slungelig (nl)
- Estonian: kiitsakas, vilajas
- Finnish: hontelo (fi)
- French: dégingandé (fr)
- German: schlaksig (de)
- Greek: ψηλόλιγνος (el) (psilólignos)
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- Irish: caol ard, fada caol, scrogallach, scailleagánta
- Italian: allampanato (it) m
- Maori: pākokekoke, tokoroa
- Norman: lîndget m (Jersey)
- Norwegian: hengslete, skabelonaktig, slåpen
- Russian: долговязый (ru) m (dolgovjazyj), дли́нный (ru) m (dlínnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: caol, seang
- Spanish: larguirucho (es) m
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