Definition of Lanky

1. Adjective. Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. "A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"

Exact synonyms: Gangling, Gangly, Rangy
Similar to: Tall
Derivative terms: Lankiness

2. Adjective. Tall and thin.
Exact synonyms: Gangling, Gangly
Similar to: Lean, Thin
Derivative terms: Lankiness

Definition of Lanky

1. a. Somewhat lank.

Definition of Lanky

1. Adjective. (informal) Somewhat lank; tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lanky

1. ungracefully tall and thin [adj LANKIER, LANKIEST] : LANKILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanky

lankened
lankening
lankens
lanker
lankest
lankier
lankiest
lankily
lankiness
lankinesses
lanking
lankly
lankness
lanknesses
lanks
lanky (current term)
lanmuchangite
lanner
lanner falcon
lanneret
lannerets
lanners
lannet
lannets
lannonite
lanolin
lanoline
lanolines
lanolins
lanose

Literary usage of Lanky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Virginia Comedians; Or, Old Days in the Old Dominion by John Esten Cooke (1854)
"lanky resisted the entreaties of his maiden friends, and sawed his head more ... Now, lanky!" said that young lady, with an expression of coquettish ..."

2. A Mainsail Haul by John Masefield (1913)
"THE YARN OF lanky JOB lanky JOB was a lazy Bristol sailor, notorious for his sleepiness throughout the seven seas. And though many captains had taken him in ..."

3. Songs of Britain: A Collection of One Hundred English, Welsh, Scottish and by Frank Kidson, Martin Shaw (1913)
"He took up his sword and he went to fight, Fa la lanky down dilly. ... Fa la lanky down dilly. And to't they go and soundly fight A livelong day from morn ..."

4. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"Johnson's revels with lanky and Beau.—Goldsmith at the club. AMONG the intimates who used to visit the poet occasionally in his retreat at Islington, ..."

5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: And the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell, Henry Morley (1885)
"... Beau; Boswell, Bozzy; Langton, lanky; Murphy, Mur; Sheridan, Sherry. I remember one day, when Tom Davies was telling that Dr. Johnson said, ..."

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