- lanky adj
- ['læŋkɪ]
-ier comp -iest superl (person) allampanato (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
lanky adj
Look at other dictionaries:
lanky — [adj] tall and thin angular, attenuated, beanpole*, beanstalk*, bony, broomstick*, extenuated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, lean, meager, rangy, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, slender, spare, spindling, spindly, stilt, stringy, twiggy*, weedy; concepts… … New thesaurus
lanky — adj. Lanky is used with these nouns: ↑figure, ↑frame, ↑man, ↑youth … Collocations dictionary
lanky — [laŋ′kē] adj. lankier, lankiest [ LANK + Y2] tall and lean, or long and slender: often used to suggest awkwardness in appearance or gait lankily adv. lankiness n … English World dictionary
lanky — adj. (lankier, lankiest) (of limbs, a person, etc.) ungracefully thin and long or tall. Derivatives: lankily adv. lankiness n … Useful english dictionary
lanky — lank|y [ˈlæŋki] adj someone who is lanky is tall and thin, and moves awkwardly = ↑gangling ▪ a lanky young man >lankiness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
lanky — [[t]læ̱ŋki[/t]] lankier, lankiest ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as lanky, you mean that they are tall and thin and move rather awkwardly. He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy … English dictionary
lanky — lankily, adv. lankiness, n. /lang kee/, adj., lankier, lankiest. ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man. [1660 70; LANK + Y1] * * * … Universalium
lanky — [ˈlæŋki] adj tall, thin, and not very graceful a lanky teenager[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
lanky — lank•y [[t]ˈlæŋ ki[/t]] adj. lank•i•er, lank•i•est ungracefully tall and thin: a lanky boy[/ex] • Etymology: 1660–70 lank′i•ly, adv. lank′i•ness, n … From formal English to slang
lanky — lank·y || læŋkɪ adj. tall and thin, lean, bony … English contemporary dictionary
angular — adj 1. pointed, sharp cornered, Y shaped, V shaped; forked, crotched, bifurcate, divaricate; jagged, scraggy. 2. bony, gaunt, rawboned, spare, lean, thin, lank, lanky, scrawny. 3. awkward, ungraceful, ungainly, uncouth, gauche, maladroit. 4.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
