rangy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Having long slender limbs.
2. Inclined to rove.
3. Providing ample range; roomy.

(RAYN-jee)

adjective
1. Slim and long-limbed.
2. Inclined to roaming.

Etymology
From Middle English range (row), from Old French rangier (to arrange). Ultimately from Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), the source of ranch, rank, shrink, circle, crisp, search, ring, curb, ridge, and curve

Usage
"[Philip] Pullman is a rangy, spirited man in his fifties with a bristling fringe of gray hair; at times, he resembles an intelligent and amused stork." — Laura Miller; Far From Narnia; The New Yorker; Dec 26, 2005.

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adjective

Tall, thin, and awkwardly built: gangling, gangly, lanky, spindling, spindly. See fat/thin.

adj

Definition: long and lean
Antonyms: chubby, dumpy, fat, stocky, thick

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A term describing conformation; generally a light frame with long body and legs.

IN BRIEF: Tall and slender in body.

That horse looked too rangy to be truly healthy.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slank, ranglet, vidtstrakt (om landskab)

Nederlands (Dutch)
lang, mager, bergachtig

Français (French)
adj. - (US) grand et élancé, sans une once de graisse

Deutsch (German)
adj. - langgliedrig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που αρέσκεται στις περιπλανήσεις

Italiano (Italian)
slanciato, girovago

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esguio, montanhoso, vasto

Русский (Russian)
поджарый, просторный, длинноногий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ágil, espacioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - långbent, skranglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
适于走来走去的, 四肢瘠长的, 广阔的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 適於走來走去的, 四肢瘠長的, 廣闊的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 돌아다니는, 손발이 가늘고 긴, 드넓은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 手足のひょろ長い, 広々とした, 山の多い, 歩き回る, 広い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) واسع المدى, طواف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גבוה ורזה, יכול לנדוד (כגון מקנה), נודד‬

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