Definitions

lank

[langk] / læŋk /

ADJECTIVE

thin

Synonyms

WEAK

all skin and bones angular attenuate attenuated beanpole beanstalk bony cadaverous delicate emaciated ethereal featherweight fleshless fragile gangling gangly gaunt haggard lanky lean lightweight meager narrow peaked pinched pole puny rangy rarefied rawboned reedy rickety scraggy scrawny shadow shriveled skeletal skinny slender slight slim slinky small spare spindly stalky starved stick stilt subtle thin as a rail threadlike twiggy twiglike undernourished underweight wan wasted weedy wizened

Example Sentences

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Brian Albert said he knew Lank, but not socially.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Choueiri, who directs the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, saw a steep drop in new consultations in the pandemic’s early months.

From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2021

Lank blond hair and bangs border her face; her neck has gone puffy.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017

Lank poverty, dank poverty, / its pants wear through at fork and knee.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2010

Orvil and Lank will keep you posted as to that.

From Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 by Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)

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