| 释义 | View usage for: (reɪndʒi) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]If you describe a person or animal as rangy, you mean that they have long, thin, powerful legs.[written]  ...a tall, rangy, redheaded girl. Synonyms: long-limbed, long-legged, lanky, leggy More Synonyms of rangy (ˈreɪndʒɪ) adjectiveWord forms: rangier or rangiest1. (of animals or people) having long slender limbs 2. adapted to wandering or roaming 3. allowing considerable freedom of movement; spacious; roomyDerived formsrangily (ˈrangily)  adverbranginess (ˈranginess) nounWord origin C19: from range  + -y1rangy in American English (ˈreɪndʒi)   adjectiveWord forms: ˈrangier or ˈrangiest1.   able or inclined to range about 2.  US  long-limbed and slender   rangy cattle 3.  US  having an open range; spacious Derived formsranginess (ˈranginess)  nounHe was tall and rangy.She is tall and rangy with a lot of muscle.He is tall and rangy and clearly has a turn of foot.We could turn those rangy, scary young men into electrical engineers. Tall and rangy, but blokes you would pass in the street without noting their physique.Her long, rangy body has the look of a Masai.He's a big, rangy horse and we backed off for a while.Examples of 'rangy' in a sentencerangyDefinition having long slender limbs a tall, rangy, redheaded girlSynonyms long-limbed long-legged leggyAdditional synonymsDefinition lanky and awkward in movement a gangling teenager dressed in jeans and trainersSynonyms awkward,  skinny,  angular,  lanky,  rangy,  rawboned,  loose-jointed,  spindly,  unco (Australian, slang)Definition ungracefully tall and thin He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.Synonyms gangling,  thin,  tall,  spare,  angular,  gaunt,  bony,  weedy (informal),  scrawny,  rangy,  scraggy,  rawboned, loose-jointedrandyrangerangerrangyrankrank and fileranking
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