gangly

gan·gly

adjective

gan·gli·er, gan·gli·est

Gangling.

Origin of gangly

Alteration of gangling

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Adjective

(comparative ganglier, superlative gangliest)

Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.

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Royce snorted, unfolding his tall gangly frame from the ground.
He walked with a slight limp and his gaunt frame was gangly.
She wasn't sure what she expected when she faced him, but it wasn't the gangly young man with large, uncertain brown eyes.
The gangly youth before him had dyed his hair from platinum back to its natural color of black.
"My brother's son, the cousin of Vara," Hilden said, motioning to a gangly youth with Vara's green eyes.

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