leggy
leggy
Definition
leggy (leg′ē)
adjective -·gier, -·gi·est
- having long and awkward legs a leggy colt
- Informal having long, well-shaped legs a leggy chorus girl
- Informal having long, spindly stems with leaves far apart leggy plants
leg′·gi·ness noun
leggy
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- take: RANDY motormouth Russell Brand has been on the pull again - taking home leggy Kimberly Stewart.
- look: Steve was looking a bit leggy and is finding full-time football a bit different but I have been delighted with him.
Modifies a noun
- blond: He enjoys the company of leggy blondes - like his mother.
- beauty: The leggy beauty is definitely a step above how she played n Hong Kong tonight.
- model: Leggy model Emma B is engaged to East 17 singer Brian Harvey.
- growth: It is worth noting that too much heat without extra light will produce unwanted soft lush leggy growth.
- plant: Pruning Group 1, cut back leggy plants almost to the base to rejuvenate them in Spring.
- girl: Yet as her name suggests, this leggy girl is rather more ethereal than her earthbound body suggests.
Modifying Another Word
- too: Water very sparingly over the winter, and cut back if becoming too leggy.
- back: Pruning Group 1, cut back leggy plants almost to the base to rejuvenate them in Spring.
- quite: He is a fair sized boy for his age and quite leggy.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near leggy
- leggings
- legging
- leggiero
- -legged
- leges
- legerity
- legerdemain
- leger line
- legendry
- Legendre
- leghorn
- legibility
- legible
- legion
- Legion of Honor
- Legion of Merit
- legionary
- legionary ant
- legionnaire
- Legionnaires' disease
