lankiness

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Bruce Wayne’s pronounced jawline and the Joker’s lankiness are other examples.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2023

The 21st century offers a more subjective take on mainstream attractiveness that favors lankiness and femininity.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2021

Thank goodness for such lankiness, the eyes might say, because it certainly helps here, as in her 21-9, 21-6 win Wednesday over N.Y.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

“You have to live it,” says Maksimtsov, a giant at 6-foot-4, whose outward lankiness belies an explosive inner strength.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2018

Tom at that time was twenty-four, and had grown into a long lean man, looking two or three inches taller than he really was because of his extreme lankiness.

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold