lankier; lankiest
: ungracefully tall and thin
Examples of lanky in a Sentence
the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking
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Cops recovered video of the lanky, mustachioed suspect following one of the attacks.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection In Elijah Bynum’s coming-of-age crime drama, a lanky loner is sent away to Cape Cod to spend the summer with his aunt.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
The lanky 24-year-old right-hander is one of Houston’s fastest-rising starting pitching prospects and another small-school success story in an organization known for them.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
His long, lanky legs looked extra skinny and his body distorted.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection In Elijah Bynum’s coming-of-age crime drama, a lanky loner is sent away to Cape Cod to spend the summer with his aunt.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
The lanky 24-year-old right-hander is one of Houston’s fastest-rising starting pitching prospects and another small-school success story in an organization known for them.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
His long, lanky legs looked extra skinny and his body distorted.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lanky
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“Lanky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lanky. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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