Elbowy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Elbowy is an adjective meaning Tall and awkward. (of a person’s body).
Meaning
Tall and awkward. (of a person’s body).
More Meanings
- Awkward; especially, involving the awkward protrusion of the elbows. (of a person’s movement)
- Having bends that resemble elbows. (of a tree or branches)
- Angular in an awkward way. (of a built structure)
Example Sentences
[…] I was noticing how very elbowy his gestures were […]
She squirted in some liquid soap with an elbowy throwing motion.
Where I was big, elbowy and grating, he was small, graceful and smooth.
Flora, rather freckly, elbowy, and far too tall, was none the less about to be pretty.
Synonyms for elbowy
Depending on context, synonyms include gangly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sharp-elbowed, gangly, elbowlike, lanky, coltish, left-handed.
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