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View usage for: (reɪndʒi) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]If you describe a person or animal as rangy, you mean that they have long, thin, powerful legs. [written] ...a tall, rangy, redheaded girl. Synonyms: long-limbed, long-legged, lanky, leggy More Synonyms of rangy (ˈreɪndʒɪ) adjectiveWord forms: rangier or rangiest1. (of animals or people) having long slender limbs 2. adapted to wandering or roaming 3. allowing considerable freedom of movement; spacious; roomy Derived forms rangily (ˈrangily) adverb ranginess (ˈranginess) noun Word origin C19: from range + -y1rangy in American English (ˈreɪndʒi) adjectiveWord forms: ˈrangier or ˈrangiest1. able or inclined to range about 2. US long-limbed and slender rangy cattle 3. US having an open range; spacious Derived forms ranginess (ˈranginess) noun Examples of 'rangy' in a sentencerangy Definition having long slender limbs a tall, rangy, redheaded girl Synonyms long-limbed long-legged leggy Additional synonymsDefinition lanky and awkward in movement a gangling teenager dressed in jeans and trainers Synonyms awkward, skinny, angular, lanky, rangy, rawboned, loose-jointed, spindly, unco (Australian, slang) Definition ungracefully tall and thin He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy. Synonyms gangling, thin, tall, spare, angular, gaunt, bony, weedy (informal), scrawny, rangy, scraggy, rawboned, loose-jointed- randy
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