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  • adjective comparative form of lanky: more lanky

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Examples

  • Jackman has played Wolverine in four films already, and often played him lankier than the comic portrays the mutant superhero, a sturdy, hardened warrior.

    Hugh Jackman Reveals HUGE Daily Calorie Count Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • Jackman has played Wolverine in four films already, and often played him lankier than the comic portrays the mutant superhero, a sturdy, hardened warrior.

    Hugh Jackman Reveals HUGE Daily Calorie Count Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • Tom stood an inch higher than his father and was lankier.

    Golden State 2010

  • It comes on plastic spools white and quite short-and-thick, this time and is much lankier than Gütermann.

    Archive 2009-07-01 a stitch in time 2009

  • It comes on plastic spools white and quite short-and-thick, this time and is much lankier than Gütermann.

    Can't be too thin, really! a stitch in time 2009

  • He was only an inch taller than me but had a lankier frame and long limbs, so I expected him to keep his distance and use his jab and reach to draw me in and try to find a way to take me down.

    Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008

  • He was only an inch taller than me but had a lankier frame and long limbs, so I expected him to keep his distance and use his jab and reach to draw me in and try to find a way to take me down.

    Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008

  • He was only an inch taller than me but had a lankier frame and long limbs, so I expected him to keep his distance and use his jab and reach to draw me in and try to find a way to take me down.

    Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008

  • Then Peter -- lankier, edgier and a year older -- delivers the coup de grace.

    Sibling Ribaldry 2008

  • He was only an inch taller than me but had a lankier frame and long limbs, so I expected him to keep his distance and use his jab and reach to draw me in and try to find a way to take me down.

    Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008

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