rangy
Adjective Satellite
- tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- adapted to wandering or roaming
- allowing ample room for ranging
Adj
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- Prone to roaming around.
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
Adjective
- Tall and slender, typically with long limbs and an athletic build.
Examples
- For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.
- Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy.
- rangy cattle
- The rangy arrangement of letters on her rack left few bingo opportunities.
- The Star Spangled Banner has been criticized as too rangy for many people to sing along to comfortably.
Origin / Etymology
From range + -y.
Synonyms
gangling, gangly, lanky, comfortable, commodious, convenient, expansive, free-roaming, leggy, nomadic, roomy, roving, scrawny, slender, spacious, wandersome
Scrabble Score: 9
rangy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrangy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rangy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary