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RANGY
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Irregular inflected forms: rangier , rangiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allowing ample room for ranging
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Adapted to wandering or roaming
Classified under:
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:
Tall and thin and having long slender limbs
Example:
a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
Synonyms:
gangling; gangly; lanky; rangy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tall (great in vertical dimension; high in stature)
