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Definition of Lanky
1. Adjective. Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. "A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"
2. Adjective. Tall and thin.
Definition of Lanky
1. a. Somewhat lank.
Definition of Lanky
1. Adjective. (informal) Somewhat lank; tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lanky
1. ungracefully tall and thin [adj LANKIER, LANKIEST] : LANKILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanky
Literary usage of Lanky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Virginia Comedians; Or, Old Days in the Old Dominion by John Esten Cooke (1854)
"lanky resisted the entreaties of his maiden friends, and sawed his head more ...
Now, lanky!" said that young lady, with an expression of coquettish ..."
2. A Mainsail Haul by John Masefield (1913)
"THE YARN OF lanky JOB lanky JOB was a lazy Bristol sailor, notorious for his
sleepiness throughout the seven seas. And though many captains had taken him in ..."
3. Songs of Britain: A Collection of One Hundred English, Welsh, Scottish and by Frank Kidson, Martin Shaw (1913)
"He took up his sword and he went to fight, Fa la lanky down dilly. ... Fa la
lanky down dilly. And to't they go and soundly fight A livelong day from morn ..."
4. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"Johnson's revels with lanky and Beau.—Goldsmith at the club. AMONG the intimates
who used to visit the poet occasionally in his retreat at Islington, ..."
5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: And the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell, Henry Morley (1885)
"... Beau; Boswell, Bozzy; Langton, lanky; Murphy, Mur; Sheridan, Sherry. I remember
one day, when Tom Davies was telling that Dr. Johnson said, ..."
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