stalky

English

From stalk +‎ -y.

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stalky (comparative stalkier, superlative stalkiest)

Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
- 1942, Emily Carr, “From Carr Street to James’ Bay”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
  I peeped between the stalky parts of the Lindsays’ lilacs.
- 2008 May 8, Mike Albo, “Backstage All-Access Passwear”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  An adorably gangly salesman with stalky black hair and a cough (“I’m giving up smoking, and it’s all coming up”) set up a dressing room for me, and I tried on a black tux shirt with a subtly embroidered bib ($185), a soft ivory-colored jersey ($135) and an olive-green button-front shirt ($165).
Of a plant, having stalks.
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.
a stalky ex-boyfriend