lankness
Tall and thin
Lankness is the quality of being lank—thin, straight, and limp.
It most often describes hair that hangs flat without body or wave: the lankness of her unwashed hair.
Applied to bodies, it suggests ungainly thinness: His lankness made him look taller than he was.
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- wastedUsed without good result
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
bony · scrawny · drawn · pinched · starved · malnourished · underfed · underweight
Awkwardly tall and thin
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- coltishYouthfully awkward and lively
loose-limbed · angular · uncoordinated · shambling · leggy · spindly · adolescent · overgrown
thinness
State of minimal width
narrow · svelte · sleek · lithe · wiry · stringy · rangy · spindly · reedy · attenuated
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
cadaverous · bony · scrawny · drawn · pinched · starved · malnourished · underfed · underweight · sunken
gangly
Awkwardly tall and thin
coltish · loose-limbed · angular · uncoordinated · shambling · leggy · spindly · adolescent · overgrown
unbent
Not curved or bowed
- linearArranged in straight succession
- directUndeviating or to guide
- undeviatingNot straying from course
unswerving · taut · uncurled · uncoiled · unwaved · flat · smooth · sleek · hanging · drooping
lanknessstockiness
Thick, solid body type
stoutness · corpulence · portliness · plumpness · chubbiness
lanknessmuscularity
Bodily strength and definition
burliness · brawniness · huskiness · sturdiness · beefiness