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Adjective: lanky (lankier,lankiest)  lang-kee
  1. Tall and thin and having long slender limbs
    "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man";
    - gangling, gangly, rangy
     
  2. Tall and thin
    - gangling, gangly

Derived forms: lankiest, lankier

See also: lean, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], tall, thin

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