lankier; lankiest
: ungracefully tall and thin
Examples of lanky in a Sentence
the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking
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Moss played just 27 snaps as the lanky edge rusher had a hard time gaining the necessary size.
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Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
To begin with, Georgian writer-director George Sikharulidze’s debut feature places us mercilessly right into the last place on earth most of us would ever want to find ourselves: the lanky, concave frame and warped, self-loathing mindset of an incipient incel.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 July 2024
Her hair is the color of oysters, eyes wide like a tree frog, frail forearms doused in sunspots that travel all the way down her lanky piano fingers.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
Poe has the lanky lines of someone growing at a rapid and confusing pace and the attitude that comes with it.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 June 2024
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Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
To begin with, Georgian writer-director George Sikharulidze’s debut feature places us mercilessly right into the last place on earth most of us would ever want to find ourselves: the lanky, concave frame and warped, self-loathing mindset of an incipient incel.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 July 2024
Her hair is the color of oysters, eyes wide like a tree frog, frail forearms doused in sunspots that travel all the way down her lanky piano fingers.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
Poe has the lanky lines of someone growing at a rapid and confusing pace and the attitude that comes with it.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 June 2024
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“Lanky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lanky. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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