lanky Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite tall and thin and having long slender limbs
    gangling; gangly; rangy.
    • a gangling teenager
    • a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
  2. adjective satellite tall and thin
    gangling; gangly.

WordNet

Lank"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Somewhat lank. Thackeray.
    The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. The Century.

Webster 1913