rangy
/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒi/
rangy adjective: slender and long of limb; lanky.
Adjective
rangy (comparative rangier, superlative rangiest)
- Slender and long of limb; lanky.
- For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.
- Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy.
- Synonyms:
- gangling
- Prone to roaming around.
- rangy cattle
- Synonyms:
- free-roaming, nomadic, roving, wandersome
- Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
- Synonyms:
- expansive, comfortable, commodious, convenient, roomy, spacious
- Requiring a large vocal range; having a great difference from the highest to the lowest notes.
- The Star Spangled Banner has been criticized as too rangy for many people to sing along to comfortably.
rangy meaning in Malayalam
rangy in Malayalam
- long-limbed, long-legged, leggy
- മെലിഞ്ഞുനീണ്ട, ദീർഘമായ കൃശഗാത്രത്തോടു കൂടിയ, ഉത്ഗതജാനു, നീണ്ട കാലുകളുള്ള, നീണ്ടകെെകാലുകളുള്ള, പൊക്കമുള്ള
Synonyms of rangy
Forms of rangy
| comparative | rangier |
|---|---|
| superlative | rangiest |
Origin of rangy
From range + -y.
Words formed from rangy
Words that rhyme with rangy
Questions about rangy
- What does rangy mean?
- Rangy means slender and long of limb; lanky.
- What is rangy in Malayalam?
- Rangy in Malayalam is മെലിഞ്ഞുനീണ്ട, ദീർഘമായ കൃശഗാത്രത്തോടു കൂടിയ, ഉത്ഗതജാനു. See Rangy meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is rangy?
- Rangy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rangy?
- Rangy is pronounced /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒi/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rangy (page history and authors); rangy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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