lankness
- a word derived from lank.
Example Sentences
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There was, besides, a degree of lankness in the faces of the two men, the very reverse of the plump, round, oily cheeks of those we had before seen.
From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 by Parry, William Edward, Sir
Mr. Prohack self-consciously carried his lankness and his big head across to Lady Massulam's table.
From Mr. Prohack by Bennett, Arnold
Henry, aged seventeen, promised to do credit to the Mutimers in physical completeness; already he was nearly as tall as his eldest brother; and, even in his lankness, showed the beginnings of well-proportioned vigour.
From Demos by Gissing, George
The lankiness of limb, and the lankness of feature and hair, sufficiently pleasing in poor Ted, stretched forth at his long length yonder, were not such agreeable characteristics in the mother.
From A Sheaf of Corn by Mann, Mary E.
Just at this moment Schnetz, in all his lankness, stepped up to their table and greeted the ladies with formal politeness, at the same time shaking hands with his friends.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Heyse, Paul
