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lanky adjective [ ˈlaŋki ]

• (of a person) ungracefully thin and tall.
Similar: tall, thin, slender, slim, lean, lank, skinny, spindly, spare, gangling, gangly, scrawny, skeletal, scraggy, emaciated, size-zero, bony, gaunt, raw-boned, gawky, rangy, skin-and-bones, angular, pinched, attenuated, weedy,
Opposite: short, fat, stocky,


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