Definition of Lankiest

1. Adjective. (superlative of lanky) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lankiest

1. lanky [adj] - See also: lanky

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lankiest

lanitals
lank
lank sleeve
lank sleeves
lankacidin
lankacidins
lankamycin
lanked
lanken
lankened
lankening
lankens
lanker
lankest
lankier
lankiest (current term)
lankily
lankiness
lankinesses
lanking
lankly
lankness
lanknesses
lanks
lanky
lanmuchangite
lanner
lanner falcon
lanneret
lannerets

Literary usage of Lankiest

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

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1897)
"By now she is the lankiest cat in the county." " I know; I have felt her." " Must feel like an eel; does n't she ? " asked June, interested. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"... everybody who had not been dancing before, felt themselves irresistibly drawn into the general vortex. The apothecary, the chief and lankiest of the ..."

3. Panama: The Canal, the Country, and the People by Arthur Bullard (1911)
"While I was stocking up on linen clothes, I was approached by the tallest, lankiest, blackest negro on the island. ..."

4. Personal Sketches of His Own Times by Jonah Barrington, Townsend Young (1871)
"Their mother literally " towered above her sex," and was the lankiest and most bristly sow I ever beheld. Her high arched back, taller than a donkey's, ..."

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