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stalky

stalky adjective: long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.

Adjective

stalky (comparative stalkier, superlative stalkiest)

  1. Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
    • I peeped between the stalky parts of the Lindsays’ lilacs.1942, Emily Carr, “From Carr Street to James’ Bay”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
    • An adorably gangly salesman with stalky black hair and a cough (“I’m giving up smoking, and it’s all coming up”) set up a dressing room for me, and I tried on a black tux shirt with a subtly embroidered bib ($185), a soft ivory-colored jersey ($135) and an olive-green button-front shirt ($165).2008 May 8, Mike Albo, “Backstage All-Access Passwear”, in New York Times
  2. Of a plant, having stalks.
  3. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.
    • a stalky ex-boyfriend

Forms of stalky

comparativestalkier
superlativestalkiest

Origin of stalky

From stalk + -y.

Words formed from stalky

Words that rhyme with stalky

Questions about stalky

What does stalky mean?
Stalky means long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
What part of speech is stalky?
Stalky is an adjective.

Words near stalky in the dictionary

  1. stalkoes
  2. stalkos
  3. stalks
  4. stalkumentaries
  5. stalkumentary
  6. stalky
  7. stall
  8. stall angle
  9. stall angles
  10. stall bars
  11. stall fed

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