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gangling
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gangling, adj. (of a person) loosely built; lanky.
Etymology
frequent. of GANG(2)
THESAURUS
gangling
bony, colossal, flat, flat-chested, fleshless, gangly, gaunt, gawky, giant, gigantic, lank, lanky, lean, lean-fleshed, lean-looking, leggy, lengthy, long, long-legged, meager, rangy, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, spare, spidery, spindling, spindly, statuesque, tall, thin-bellied, thin-fleshed, twiggy, undersized, underweightFor further exploring for "gangling" in Webster Dictionary Online