[
UK
/ɹˈæŋi/
]
[ US /ˈɹeɪndʒi/ ]
[ US /ˈɹeɪndʒi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- adapted to wandering or roaming
- allowing ample room for ranging
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tall and thin and having long slender limbs
a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
a gangling teenager
How To Use rangy In A Sentence
- rangy" and "powerful" and said that he got hit more than he should have in his win against Jean Pascal to win the title but that was simply because he was so excited to fight for the WBC belt. BoxingScene.com
- Tomaschek, the tall, rangy Slovakian international captain, at least had the consolation of being in the side more likely to create a goal.
- The result has the kind of rangy nervous energy that can make a review dramatic, instructive, and great fun to read. The New Yorker
- But the problems have been ongoing since the loss of Smith, a big, rangy junior who had all-star potential.
- Ebanks, at 6'9", 215 pounds, is a rangy, perimeter defender who can slash and cut.
- He is tall and rangy and clearly has a turn of foot. Times, Sunday Times
- The burgher started visibly, and his expression further paled on seeing Pieter, his rangy but muscular frame outlined in the light, a pair of gamebirds in one hand and a musket, held at the trigger, in the other. The Deed
- Wilkie is an unkempt, rangy character with a beard and piercing gaze.
- Manu Brabo, a rangy Spanish photographer, also had a ready grin.
- Schwarz had painted its work surface with many layers of orangy brown paint, emphasizing signs of use and damage.