as in gaunt
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed
a gangly teenager who was born to play varsity basketball
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Recent Examples of gangly
Later that year, shortly before I was born, Murphy -- then a gangly catcher with an erratic arm and power at the plate -- made his major league debut.
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Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
An injured knee sidelined Misiorowski for the season, but Lallemand still considered the gangly teenager part of the team.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Between them, the gangly mods kept alive the fading tradition of feuding musical geniuses, a path that Paul McCartney and John Lennon had paved before them.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Indeed, at 6-foot-5 but hiding it under a gangly posture, the Australian star can seem younger than his 28 years.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
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Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
An injured knee sidelined Misiorowski for the season, but Lallemand still considered the gangly teenager part of the team.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Between them, the gangly mods kept alive the fading tradition of feuding musical geniuses, a path that Paul McCartney and John Lennon had paved before them.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Indeed, at 6-foot-5 but hiding it under a gangly posture, the Australian star can seem younger than his 28 years.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangly
Adjective
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When supermodels ruled the runway, low-rise pants hugged our hips, everyone smoked cigarettes, grunge was a music genre and an aesthetic, and looking scrawny and gaunt was considered attractive.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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In late-stage chronic wasting disease, deer often appear emaciated and gaunt, Labonte said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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In person, Turner was tall, lanky and loud.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Use a dwarf variety of this typically tall annual to avoid lanky flowers that could fall over.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The host has this idea of a long, skinny mic and a cool suit and a snappy batter.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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When Misiorowski pitches, his muscular legs take a long stride down the mound, and then his skinny right arm, which is as loose as a whip, follows.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Behind him is the spindly figure of a man astride a bicycle, standing before skeletal, half-visible trees.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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A bit on the spindly side (6-foot, 170 pounds), Reichel’s problem through his young career has been finding the inside ice.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
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The Carolina Panthers knew that Chris Brazzell was going to be sure-handed and rangy and fast when the team selected him in the third round of the draft last month.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2026
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His rangy ball skills on the back end, as a two-high safety or nickel, will give Mike Macdonald options.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Health experts are growing increasingly alarmed about the outbreak, arguing that cases have been spreading undetected as public health authorities are stretched thin.—
Lauren Weber,
Washington Post,
18 May 2026
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Few of the film’s ideas truly connect with one another, leaving its lead stars adrift in the process, forcing them to conjure three dimensional details from a script that, intentionally or otherwise, feels paper thin.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
16 Oct. 2024
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
3 Nov. 2023
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“Gangly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangly. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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