lank
Part of speech: adverb
LANKLY.
Part of speech: noun
LANKNESS.
Part of speech: adjective
Long and thin.
Usage examples "lank":
- Just then Bessie stopped talking and suddenly changed colour, the bunch of lank wet feathers she held in her hand dropping from it with a little splash back into the bath. - "Jess", H. Rider Haggard.
- The door of the rotunda swings open, admitting the tall, lank figure of the Deputy Warden. - "Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist", Alexander Berkman.
- He was a tall, lank fellow, swift of foot, and long- winded. - "Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete", Washington Irving.