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    gangly
    /ˈɡaŋɡli/

    adjective

    • 1. another term for gangling

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › ganglyGangly Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GANGLY is tall and thin and moving with a loose-jointed awkwardness : lanky, gangling. How to use gangly in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGANGLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GANGLY definition: 1. A person, usually a boy or young man, who is very tall and thin and moves awkwardly: 2. A…. Learn more.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGANGLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    GANGLY meaning: 1. A person, usually a boy or young man, who is very tall and thin and moves awkwardly: 2. A…. Learn more.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › ganglyGangly - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Someone who's tall, long-limbed, and awkward is gangly. Many teenagers go through a gangly phase before they reach their full height and weight. Gangly people are gawky and skinny, and you could also describe an adolescent colt or puppy with long, ungraceful legs as gangly.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGANGLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe someone as gangly, you mean that they are tall and thin and have a slightly.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › ganglyGangly - definition of gangly by The Free Dictionary

    Adj. 1. gangly - tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man". gangling, lanky, rangy. tall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships". 2. gangly - tall and thin.

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › ganglyGANGLY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Gangly definition: gangling. . See examples of GANGLY used in a sentence.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGANGLY | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    (Definition of gangly from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of gangly. in Chinese (Traditional) （通常指男孩或年輕男子）高瘦而笨拙的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （通常指男孩或男青年）高瘦而笨拙的… See more. in Spanish. larguirucho, desgarbado… See more. in Portuguese. desajeitado… See more. in more languages. in Polish. in Turkish.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › gangly_adjgangly, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the adjective gangly is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for gangly is from 1871, in Turf, Field & Farm . gangly is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

  11. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › ganglyGANGLY Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

    Synonyms for GANGLY: gaunt, lanky, gangling, skinny, spindly, rangy, thin, bony; Antonyms of GANGLY: stocky, pudgy, stubby, chubby, bulky, stumpy, heavyset, thickset