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View synonyms for gangly

gangly

[ gang-glee ]

adjective

, gan·gli·er, gan·gli·est.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gangly1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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Example Sentences

Like Jasu, her gangly Pakistani friend, Usama, shares these concerns.

In this Newcastle Brown Ale ad, gangly British comedian Stephen Merchant posits, ‘What if the Brits won the Revolutionary War?’

Smith is pale and gangly, sporting a flop of dirty blond hair and a strikingly deep voice.

He has become an unlikely sex symbol, in all his gangly nerdiness (and early freaky roles like The Fly).

But its body, from the shoulders down, remained gangly and feeble.

The professor was probably 40, but looked hardly older than Jim, and was built along the same tall and gangly lines.

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