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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Poe has the lanky lines of someone growing at a rapid and confusing pace and the attitude that comes with it.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 June 2024
This time, Batum’s lanky wingspan recovered in time for a hard contest on Brunson’s jump shot.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Here comes the lanky white girl getting the huge Nike shoe deal.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
The saviors of a film could be as different as Michael Cera’s lanky, perennially awkward protagonist in Scott Pilgrim Versus the World and Matt Damon’s peripatetic amnesiac in The Bourne Identity and its sequels.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2024
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 June 2024
This time, Batum’s lanky wingspan recovered in time for a hard contest on Brunson’s jump shot.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Here comes the lanky white girl getting the huge Nike shoe deal.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
The saviors of a film could be as different as Michael Cera’s lanky, perennially awkward protagonist in Scott Pilgrim Versus the World and Matt Damon’s peripatetic amnesiac in The Bourne Identity and its sequels.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Lanky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lanky. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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