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lankiness

UK/ˈlæŋ.kɪ.nɪs/

lankiness noun: the state or condition of being lanky.

Noun

lankiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being lanky.
    • In his civil dress his lankiness and length of limb gave him an awkward appearance, but on horse-back, with his lean, gaunt face looking out from his steel cap, his breastplate and buff jacket filling out his figure, and his high boots of untanned leather reaching to the centre of his thighs, he...1888, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 8, in Micah Clarke

lankiness meaning in Tamil and Bengali

lankiness in Tamil

நெற்பு, கச்சல்

lankiness in Bengali

লম্বাটে হওয়ার দশা, অবস্থা

Origin of lankiness

From lanky + -ness.

Questions about lankiness

What does lankiness mean?
Lankiness means the state or condition of being lanky.
What is lankiness in Tamil?
Lankiness in Tamil is நெற்பு, கச்சல். See Lankiness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lankiness?
Lankiness is a noun.
How do you pronounce lankiness?
Lankiness is pronounced /ˈlæŋ.kɪ.nɪs/ (UK).

Words near lankiness in the dictionary

  1. Lankfords
  2. lankier
  3. lankiest
  4. lankily
  5. Lankin
  6. lankiness
  7. lanking
  8. lankish
  9. lanklet
  10. lanklets
  11. lankly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lankiness (page history and authors); lankiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lankiness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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