Synonyms for gangly
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Antonyms for gangly
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The professor was probably 40, but looked hardly older than Jim, and was built along the same tall and gangly lines.
WORD ORIGIN
1872, American English alteration of gangling.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR GANGLY
lank
adjectivethin- all skin and bones
- angular
- attenuate
- attenuated
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- cadaverous
- delicate
- emaciated
- ethereal
- featherweight
- fleshless
- fragile
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- haggard
- lanky
- lean
- lightweight
- meager
- narrow
- peaked
- pinched
- pole
- puny
- rangy
- rarefied
- rawboned
- reedy
- rickety
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadow
- shriveled
- skeletal
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- slim
- slinky
- small
- spare
- spindly
- stalky
- starved
- stick
- stilt
- subtle
- thin as a rail
- threadlike
- twiggy
- twiglike
- undernourished
- underweight
- wan
- wasted
- weedy
- wizened
lanky
adjectivetall and thinleaner
adjectivebare, thinleanest
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