rangy

[ reyn-jee ]

adjective

, rang·i·er, rang·i·est.

1. (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
2. given to or fitted for ranging or moving about, as animals.
3. mountainous.

rangy

/ ˈreɪndʒɪ /

adjective

1. (of animals or people) having long slender limbs
2. adapted to wandering or roaming
3. allowing considerable freedom of movement; spacious; roomy

Derived Forms

• ˈranginess, noun
• ˈrangily, adverb

Other Words From

• rangi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rangy¹

First recorded in 1865–70; range + -y ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rangy¹

C19: from range + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“It was morning, so we wanted everything bright and breezy,” she says of her decision to display the blooms’ rangy naked stems at varying heights.

From New York Times

Had it not been for a fluky step two nights before in Boston, Jarred Vanderbilt would’ve been the Laker tasked with stopping Brunson, the team’s rangy long-armed forward usually drawing the toughest defensive assignments.

From Los Angeles Times

But that absence forced a concentrated listening, or at least forbade a distracted one, which proved useful during some of the night’s rangier moments.

From New York Times

Driver is tall and rangy, but he looks even bigger here — wider, too — partly because Enzo wears boxy suits with linebacker shoulders so broad they nearly scrape the edges of the frame.

From New York Times

Tall and rangy, with a mop of dark hair, Sessa exudes a blunt, precocious charm.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• gangly
• lanky
• leggy
• skinny
• spindly