rangy
/ˈreɪn(d)ʒi
/adjective (rangier, rangiest)
(Of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs: the rangy, untidy figure of the young magician...
- The dark, rangy man behind the table stared the slender figure before him up and down.
- Murphy, another rangy actor, with big doughy eyes, is every bit the soft centre in a hard shell.
- Windross is a tall, rangy player, who showed some neat touches and whose confidence grew in the second half.
Synonyms
long-legged, long-limbed, leggy, tall, slender, slim, lean;
thin, gangling, gangly, lanky, spindly, skinny, size-zero, spare, scrawny, bony, gaunt
