lank
adjective
(of plants) unduly long and slender.
lankness
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a word derived from
lank.
Example Sentences
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Here rich men come, and cannot hide their lankness and their poverty.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
By degrees, the color came back to his face, his lean figure lost something of its lankness, his tread grew firmer and more alert.
From On the Firing Line by Hamilton Brock Fuller
The ponderosity of John Spout was no protection to him; nor did the lankness of Dusenbury Quackenbush, and the unreliable appearance of his legs, avail him anything.
From The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Q. K. Philander Doesticks
He looked careworn; his countenance had assumed a cadaverous hue, and there was a haggardness and lankness about his cheeks and mouth, which could not fail to attract the notice of every spectator.
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley
Mr. Prohack self-consciously carried his lankness and his big head across to Lady Massulam's table.
From Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett
