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What is the adjective for gangly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb gangle which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

gangly
  1. Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. skinny, lanky, thin, bony, scrawny, rangy, gangling, spindly, gaunt, angular, spare, skeletal, gawky, stringy, spindling, leggy, tall, wiry, awkward, lumbering, inelegant, uncoordinated, ungainly, graceless, ungraceful, skin-and-bones, size-zero, long-limbed, long-legged, spindle-shanked, loosely built, loosely jointed, like a bag of bones, lean, emaciated, scraggy, lank, slender, rawboned, slim, undernourished, raw-boned, underweight, beanpole, starved, pinched, beanstalk, twiggy, meager, underfed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He stood just an inch or two above the other boys his age and was by no means skinny or gangly.”
      “I even pulled some low-key gangly whiteboy moves out of the repertoire for good measure.”
      “Undoubtedly, one of the quirkiest sights in nature is the gangly retreat of an Australian frilled lizard.”
ganglier
  1. comparative form of gangly: more gangly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. skinnier, lankier, thinner, bonier, scrawnier, rangier, spindlier, gaunter, sparer, gawkier, stringier, leggier, taller, wirier, awkwarder, ungainlier, more gangling, more angular, more skeletal, more spindling, more lumbering, more inelegant, more uncoordinated, more graceless, more ungraceful, more long-legged, leaner, more emaciated, scraggier, lanker, slenderer, slimmer, more undernourished, more underweight, more starved, twiggier, meagerer, more underfed, meagrer, reedier, weedier, more attenuated, more cadaverous, lither, more wasted, more haggard, punier, slighter, more anorexic, svelter … more
gangliest
  1. superlative form of gangly: most gangly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. skinniest, lankiest, thinnest, boniest, scrawniest, rangiest, spindliest, gauntest, sparest, gawkiest, stringiest, leggiest, tallest, wiriest, awkwardest, ungainliest, most gangling, most angular, most skeletal, most spindling, most lumbering, most inelegant, most uncoordinated, most graceless, most ungraceful, most long-legged, leanest, most emaciated, scraggiest, lankest, slenderest, slimmest, most undernourished, most underweight, most starved, twiggiest, meagerest, most underfed, meagrest, reediest, weediest, most attenuated, most cadaverous, lithest, most wasted, most haggard, puniest, slightest, most anorexic, sveltest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even with the front seats quite far back, there is loads of room in the rear for even the gangliest of teenagers or full-grown adults and the back seats tilt, too.”
gangled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of gangle
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