gangly

[ gang-glee ]

adjective,gan·gli·er, gan·gli·est.

Origin of gangly

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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The daughter’s love interest and a gangly goofball who has little to do with the main family unit form an unlikely comedic duo.
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The Bucks are the only home that Antetokounmpo has known during his seven NBA seasons, and they have overseen his development from a gangly teenager to basketball’s most physically imposing superstar.
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Like Jasu, her gangly Pakistani friend, Usama, shares these concerns.
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In this Newcastle Brown Ale ad, gangly British comedian Stephen Merchant posits, ‘What if the Brits won the Revolutionary War?’
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Smith is pale and gangly, sporting a flop of dirty blond hair and a strikingly deep voice.
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He has become an unlikely sex symbol, in all his gangly nerdiness (and early freaky roles like The Fly).
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But its body, from the shoulders down, remained gangly and feeble.
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The professor was probably 40, but looked hardly older than Jim, and was built along the same tall and gangly lines.
All That Goes Up | Kirby Brooks

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