lanky
adjective
ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt.
lankiness
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a word derived from
lanky.
Example Sentences
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Bruce Wayne’s pronounced jawline and the Joker’s lankiness are other examples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
The 21st century offers a more subjective take on mainstream attractiveness that favors lankiness and femininity.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021
Thank goodness for such lankiness, the eyes might say, because it certainly helps here, as in her 21-9, 21-6 win Wednesday over N.Y.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
“You have to live it,” says Maksimtsov, a giant at 6-foot-4, whose outward lankiness belies an explosive inner strength.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2018
With his black shining hair brushed down in unusual lankiness over his receding forehead, and with an expression of sleek resignation unusually sanctimonious, Hazlet sat down, and gave a half groan.
From Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
