rang·y

[reyn-jee]
adjective, rang·i·er, rang·i·est.
1.
(of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
2.
given to or fitted for ranging or moving about, as animals.

Origin:
1865–70; range + -y1

rang·i·ness, noun
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rangy (ˈreɪndʒɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , rangier, rangiest
1.  (of animals or people) having long slender limbs
2.  adapted to wandering or roaming
3.  allowing considerable freedom of movement; spacious; roomy
 
[C19: from range + -y1]
 
'rangily
 
adv
 
'ranginess
 
n

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Rangy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
Colts all large and rangy, fine looking, aud unmistakably showing the promise
  of speed.
He is n big, rangy short stop, u good hitter and a flashy fielder.
The tall, rangy shrubs are creosote bush, an incredibly durable desert plant
  that forms clones in an expanding ring.
Colts all large and rangy, fine looking, and unmistakably showing the promise
  of speed.
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