long-legged

/ ˈlɒŋˌlɛɡd, -ˌlɛɡɪd /

adjective

1. having long legs

2. informal,  (of a person or animal) able to run fast

Example Sentences

For years, it was WASPy, long-legged girls, with a tennis racket over one shoulder and a touch-me-not attitude.

From Los Angeles Times

The performance is elaborate and delightful and impeccably choreographed, with Hiddleston doing long-legged strides as though he’s the second coming of Christopher Walken.

From Los Angeles Times

Its Jan. 27 cover was an elegant and elegiac illustration of seven long-legged, shaggy-capped palms against a menacing ombre orange backdrop of approaching fire.

From Los Angeles Times

The cat’s journey, which starts with its reflection in a shimmering pond, is the emotional center, but the large, long-legged bird’s story is especially touching, with Miyazaki-like echoes.

From Los Angeles Times

I visited the preserve recently, and saw ducks with emerald collars preening themselves and tiny long-legged shorebirds scuttling across the driving path.

From New York Times

Related Words

• awkward 
• bony 
• gawky 
• lanky 
• leggy 
• rangy 
• skinny 
• spindly 
• tall