Lanky means tall and thin, or gangling.

Lanky means tall and thin, or gangling.

angular, attenuated, awkward, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, broomstick, extenuated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rangy, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sharp, skinny, slender, spare, spindling, spindly, stilt, stringy, twiggy, weed....

Lanky is tall and thin. Another word similar to it is gangling.

it means tall and skinny/thin. or lanky. liiiike, a gangly teenage boy. example: zomg that gangly teenager looks as if he transformed overnight into a hnadsome muscular young man;D