leggy

[leg-ee] / ˈlɛg i /

ADJECTIVE

gangling

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bony gawky lanky long-legged long-limbed lumbering skinny spindly tall thin

ADJECTIVE

gangly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awkward bony gawky lanky rangy skinny spindly tall

WEAK

long-legged long-limbed lumbering spindling thin

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chubby fat graceful heavy overweight plump thick

ADJECTIVE

rangy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gangly lanky skinny spindly

WEAK

gangling long-legged long-limbed reedy spindling thin weedy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chubby

WEAK

dumpy fat thick

ADJECTIVE

spindling

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bony gangly gawky lanky long-legged long-limbed lumbering rangy skinny spindly tall thin

Example Sentences

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But these same strange, delicate, leggy arthropods also haunt our nightmares.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He says this seriously, even though he’s striding around Streisand’s 3-acre property like a leggy teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

Australia started to flag on Sunday but I think Scotland made them look leggy.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

Yeah, Winslow is a guy who writes hard-boiled crime fiction full of leggy, tough-talking dolls and guys with $70,000 watches and short, telegraphic sentences.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024

I was long and leggy and mosquito-thin, a record-breaking twenty-five inches at Baptist Hospital.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

leggy

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