Tom was a gangly, uncoordinated child who grew into a clumsy adult.
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Gangly
Synonyms for "gangly" (39 found)
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16 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- слаб adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
- тънък adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Cebuano
1 entries- lagwis adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Danish
1 entries- ranglet adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Dutch
1 entries- slungelig adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Finnish
2 entries- hoikka adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
- hontelo adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
French
1 entries- dégingandé adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Italian
2 entries- allampanato adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
- spilungone adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hengslete adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Russian
1 entries- долговязый adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Spanish
3 entries- ñango adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
- ñengo adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
- ñengue adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Swedish
1 entries- gänglig adj (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
He had rather gangly limbs as a boy.
Source: tatoeba (10094116)
I should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't, […]
Source: wiktionary
A rangy, gangly, Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.
Source: wiktionary
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