lanky

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lanky
    adj 1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling
           teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into
           a handsome young man" [syn: {gangling}, {gangly},
           {lanky}, {rangy}]
    2: tall and thin [syn: {gangling}, {gangly}, {lanky}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lanky \Lank"y\, a.
   Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful. --Thackeray.
   [1913 Webster]

         The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. --The
                                                  Century.
   [1913 Webster] Lanner

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "lanky":
      angular, bony, colossal, flat, flat-chested, fleshless, gangling,
      gangly, gaunt, gawky, giant, gigantic, lank, lean, lean-fleshed,
      lean-looking, leggy, lengthy, long, long-legged, meager, rangy,
      rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, spare, spidery,
      spindling, spindly, statuesque, tall, thin, thin-bellied,
      thin-fleshed, twiggy, undersized, underweight

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