"gangly" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ganglier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "gangly drink of water"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy",
          "text": "She was gangly and wild and walked with her wrists turned inside out...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation, page 34",
          "text": "Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "[Peter Crouch] The gangly striker played a one-two with Jermaine Pennant as the winger cut in from the right, and although Pennant easily jinked past centre-half Brede Hangeland, he shot narrowly wide of the far post.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness."
      ],
      "id": "en-gangly-en-adj-1Uc3EZFb",
      "links": [
        [
          "Tall",
          "tall"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "awkwardness",
          "awkwardness"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gangling"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lanky"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "slab",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "слаб"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tǎnǎk",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "тънък"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "lagwis"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "ranglet"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "slungelig"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "hoikka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "hontelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "dégingandé"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "spilungone"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "allampanato"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "hengslete"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dolgovjazyj",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "долговязый"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
          "word": "gänglig"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  "word": "gangly"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gangly drink of water"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ganglier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gangliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "gangling"
    }
  ],
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        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
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        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy",
          "text": "She was gangly and wild and walked with her wrists turned inside out...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation, page 34",
          "text": "Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "[Peter Crouch] The gangly striker played a one-two with Jermaine Pennant as the winger cut in from the right, and although Pennant easily jinked past centre-half Brede Hangeland, he shot narrowly wide of the far post.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Tall",
          "tall"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "awkwardness",
          "awkwardness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lanky"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slab",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "слаб"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎnǎk",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "тънък"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "lagwis"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "ranglet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "slungelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "hoikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "hontelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "dégingandé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "spilungone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "allampanato"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "hengslete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dolgovjazyj",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "долговязый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness",
      "word": "gänglig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gangly"
}