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RANGY (rangier, rangiest)
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, rangiest Dictionary entry overview: What does rangy mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall and thin and having long slender limbs
Synonyms:
gangling; gangly; lanky; rangy
Context example:
a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
Similar:
tall (great in vertical dimension; high in stature)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Adapted to wandering or roaming
Similar:
mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))
Derivation:
range (a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Allowing ample room for ranging
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
range (a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze)
Context examples
His body was slender and rangy, and his strength more stringy than massive.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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