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adjective
- 1. (of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs: "a pale, rangy boy in his late teens"
- 2. (of a place) having room for ranging; expansive or spacious: North American "rangy pasture filled with horses and cattle"
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RANGY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of rangy in English. rangy. adjective. uk / ˈreɪn.dʒi / us / ˈreɪn.dʒi / Add to word list. having long thin legs and arms: a tall, rangy figure. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. High, tall and deep. abysmal. altitude. bottomless. deep. dwarf. ectomorphic. elevated. gawky. higher.
1. : able to range for considerable distances. 2. a. : long-limbed and long-bodied. rangy cattle. b. : tall and slender. 3. : having room for ranging. 4. : having great scope. ranginess noun. Synonyms. gangling. gangly. lanky. spindling. spindly. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of rangy in a Sentence.
People who are rangy are tall and thin, with long arms and legs. You could describe a skinny young basketball player as rangy.
Rangy definition: (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.. See examples of RANGY used in a sentence.
rangy in British English. (ˈreɪndʒɪ ) adjective Word forms: rangier, rangiest. 1. (of animals or people) having long slender limbs. 2. adapted to wandering or roaming. 3. allowing considerable freedom of movement; spacious; roomy.
having long thin legs and arms: a tall, rangy figure. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. High, tall and deep. abysmal. altitude. bottomless. deep. ectomorph. elevated. eye level. height. higher. lofty. overshadow. rear above/over something/someone. six-footer. stand. tallish. tallness. tower above/over someone/something. towering.
rangy. ( ˈreɪndʒɪ) adj, rangier or rangiest. 1. (of animals or people) having long slender limbs. 2. adapted to wandering or roaming. 3. allowing considerable freedom of movement; spacious; roomy. [C19: from range + -y 1] ˈrangily adv. ˈranginess n.
Definition of rangy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use rangy in a sentence A 30-yard free kick resulted and the rangy Brazilian, his hair a beehive of curls, cannoned the ball into the Colombian net.
