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Word entry · 6 letters

gangly

Best crossword clue

"Tall and awkward"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted agglnyStarts with GEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. tall and thin

Used in a sentence

  • 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, […]
  • 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.
  • He was a tall, gangly, shy satirist who mumbled to you with his head turned away and always said funny things.

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