What does gangly mean?
Gangly means Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness..
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/ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/ · adjective
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.
She was gangly and wild and walked with her wrists turned inside out...
Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.
[Peter Crouch] The gangly striker played a one-two with Jermaine Pennant as the winger cut in from the right, and although Pennant easily jinked past centre-half Brede Hangeland, he shot narrowly wide of the far post.
Use gangly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gangly means Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness..
Common synonyms include lanky, lean, thin, rangy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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, […]
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