lank
adjective
(of plants) unduly long and slender.
lankly
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a word derived from
lank.
Example Sentences
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The rain dashed against her and flattened her hair lankly over her cheeks.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
A hard skin will have straight and stiff hair; it will not have a curl, but be thinly and lankly distributed equally over the surface.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings
The damp air wet his hair, and it hung lankly back from his haggard face.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
His jet black lusterless hair was not shaven in the national manner, but worn long, and brushed back from his slanting brow with no parting, so that it fell about his white collar behind, lankly.
From The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer
His straw-hued hair, brushed back from a sloping brow, hung lankly down upon his coat-collar.
From Dope by Sax Rohmer
