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[ leg-ee ] / ˈlɛg i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR leggy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, leg·gi·er, leg·gi·est.having awkwardly long legs. having long, attractively shaped legs: a group of tanned, leggy swimmers. of, relating to, or characterized by showing the legs: a leggy stage show. (of plants) long and thin; spindly. Origin of leggyFirst recorded in 1780–90; leg + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM leggyleg·gi·ness, nounWords nearby leggyleggie, legging, leggings, Legg-Perthes disease, Legg's disease, leggy, legharness, leghemoglobin, leg hit, Leghorn, legibility Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for leggyProducers, he says, like to pan out from the glass-topped anchor desks to get a shot of the leggy correspondents. Joe Muto, ‘the Fox Mole,’ on His New Book, ‘An Atheist in the Foxhole’|David Freedlander|June 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST He may launch a television or radio talk show, with his lovely, leggy young wife as co-host. What Sank Dennis Kucinich in Ohio Democratic Primary vs. Marcy Kaptur|Mansfield Frazier, Larry Durstin|March 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST By the time she was a leggy teen, Frosted was spending every spare moment at "the flickers." Dead Cool: Anna May Wong|Simon Doonan|February 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST Among her other assets, McCaughey has the leggy blonde Ann Coulter-looks that producers like in their right wingers. Return of the Health Care Villains|Michael Kinsley|March 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It should be moderately pruned each year, and when it attains to a leggy appearance cut hard back. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens|Ernest Thomas Cook When I saw you last, you were awkward and leggy, like a colt. The Valley of the Giants|Peter B. Kyne The Cape or fat-tailed sheep is a leggy, active animal, with a hairy skin, bred solely for the butcher. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 8 (of 8)|Various Out flashed the rough-coated hill steer, wild and fleet as a hare, thin and leggy, with muscles of whipcord. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West|William MacLeod Raine Occasionally some leggy steer, tail up and feet pounding, would make a dash to break the cordon. Mavericks|William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for leggy
adjective -gier or -giesthaving unusually long legs (of a woman) having long and shapely legs (of a plant) having an unusually long and weak stem (esp of a sportsperson) sluggish or fatigued; having tired legs Derived forms of leggylegginess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to leggygangly, lanky, skinny, spindly, gawky, awkward, bony, rangy, tall, gangling, thin, spindling, weedy, long-legged, reedy, lumbering |