lankiness
ki adjective, lank·i·er, lank·i·est.
ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
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lanky (ˈlæŋkɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , lankier, lankiest | |
| tall, thin, and loose-jointed | |
| 'lankily | |
| —adv | |
| 'lankiness | |
| —n | |
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| lanky (ˈlæŋkɪ) | |
| —adj , lankier, lankiest | |
| tall, thin, and loose-jointed | |
| 'lankily | |
| —adv | |
| 'lankiness | |
| —n | |
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lanky
1630s, "straight and flat," used of hair, from lank; sense of "awkwardly tall and thin" is first recorded 1818.
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