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GANGLY

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• GANGLY (adjective)
The adjective GANGLY has 2 senses:

1. tall and thin and having long slender limbs
2. tall and thin

Familiarity information: GANGLY used as an adjective is rare.

• GANGLY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tall and thin and having long slender limbs

Synonyms:

gangling; gangly; lanky; rangy

Context examples:

a gangling teenager / a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man

Similar:

tall (great in vertical dimension; high in stature)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Tall and thin

Synonyms:

gangling; gangly; lanky

Similar:

lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

"Do as you would be done by."
(English proverb)
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(Breton proverb)
"A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground."
(Nigerian proverb)
"If your friend is like honey, don't eat it all."
(Egyptian proverb)

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