gangly
adj/ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/UK
Etymology
An American English alteration of gangling.
Definitions
Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
- I should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't, […]
- A rangy, gangly, Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.
- He was a tall, gangly, shy satirist who mumbled to you with his head turned away and always said funny things.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA