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RANGY (rangier, rangiest)

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• RANGY (adjective)
The adjective RANGY has 3 senses:

1. tall and thin and having long slender limbs
2. adapted to wandering or roaming
3. allowing ample room for ranging

Familiarity information: RANGY used as an adjective is uncommon.

• RANGY (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:

Adapted to wandering or roaming

Similar:

mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Allowing ample room for ranging

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

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